08.10.15 FCC Ex Parte Letter re A-CAM Public Notice, WC 10-90

Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10-90

On August 10, 2015, NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (“NECA”), and WTA—Advocates for Rural Broadband (“WTA”) (collectively, the “Rural Associations”) submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a Public Notice released by the Wireline Competition Bureau ("Bureau") which described the Bureau's ongoing work in connection with modifications to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (“A-CAM”) that may at some point in the future be available for use on a voluntary basis by rural rate-of-return-regulated local exchange carriers (“RLECs”) to obtain high-cost universal service support.

08.10.15 FCC Ex Parte Letter re A-CAM Public Notice, WC 10-90