Connect America Fund, Docket No.10-90
On September 30, 2015, B. Lynn Follansbee of USTelecom– The Broadband Association, Mike Romano of NTCA– The Rural Broadband Association, Genny Morelli of ITTA– The Voice of Mid-Size Communications Companies, Derrick Owens and Gerry Duffy of WTA– Advocates for Rural Broadband, Chad Duval of Moss Adams, and Vince Wiemer of Alexicon (collectively,“the Associations”) met with Matt DelNero, Carol Mattey, Alex Minard, Joe Sorresso, Craig Stroup, Roger Woock, Suzanne Yelen, Ted Burmeister and Christopher Cook of the Wireline Competition Bureau (“WCB”), as well as Amy Bender, Legal Advisor to Commissioner O’Rielly and Stephanie Weiner, Legal Advisor to Chairman Wheeler. The subject of discussion was reform of current rate-of-return (“RoR”) universal service support mechanisms as has been suggested by the Commission.