The FCC did not go far enough in addressing the rate benchmark issue when it issued an order in April 2010 addressing a 2005 federal appeals court remand of its high-cost service rules for nonrural carriers, an attorney representing the Vermont Public Service Board told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. During the Sept. 16 oral arguments in Vermont Public Service Board, et al v. FCC (case 10-1184), attorney Jim Lister explained to a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel that average basic phone rate in rural Vermont is $31, more than 50% higher than the $19 national urban rate, and that the agency needs to reset its benchmark standard to address such pricing disparities under the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
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机译：佛蒙特州公共服务委员会（Vermont Public Service Board）的律师告诉美国，FCC在2010年4月发布命令时，在解决费率基准问题上做得还不够，该命令针对2005年联邦上诉法院对非农村承运人的高成本服务规则的要求。哥伦比亚特区上诉法院。 9月16日，在佛蒙特州公共服务局等人诉FCC（案件10-1184）的口头辩论中，律师吉姆·李斯特（Jim Lister）向由DC巡回法院三名法官组成的小组解释说，佛蒙特州农村地区的平均基本电话费为31美元，比19美元的全国城市价格高50％，并且该机构需要重新设置其基准标准，以解决1996年《电信法案》下的此类价格差异。
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