federal_register: 2011-30378
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| 2011-30378 | Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support | Rule | In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) comprehensively reforms and modernizes the universal service and intercarrier compensation systems to ensure that robust, affordable voice and broadband service, both fixed and mobile, are available to Americans throughout the nation. The Commission adopts fiscally responsible, accountable, incentive-based policies to transition these outdated systems to the Connect America Fund, ensuring fairness for consumers and addressing the communications infrastructure challenges of today and tomorrow. The Commission uses measured but firm glide paths to provide industry with certainty and sufficient time to adapt to a changed regulatory landscape, and establish a framework to distribute universal service funding in the most efficient and technologically neutral manner possible, through market-based mechanisms such as competitive bidding. | 2011-11-29 | 2011 | 11 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/11/29/2011-30378/connect-america-fund-a-national-broadband-plan-for-our-future-establishing-just-and-reasonable-rates | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-11-29/pdf/2011-30378.pdf | Federal Communications Commission | 161 | In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) comprehensively reforms and modernizes the universal service and intercarrier compensation systems to ensure that robust, affordable voice and broadband service, both fixed and... |