Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90
On behalf of the NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association ("NTCA"), CEO Shirley Bloomfiled sent a letter to FCC Chairman Wheeler to clarify the state of the record with respect to a proposal for a targeted update to existing universal service fund ("USF") mechanisms that support investment and operations in areas served by rural rate-of-return-regulated local exchange carriers ("RLECs").