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The FCC Wireline Bureau reversed a Universal Service...

The FCC Wireline Bureau reversed a Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) decision rejecting Peak Communications’ revised November 2013 FCC Form 499-Q because it was filed outside the 45-day deadline. USAC had instead calculated Peak’s universal service contribution obligation based on…

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inaccurate revenue Peak had reported on its original November 2013 form, resulting in a monthly contribution assessment that was “greatly exceeding” what the telco would have contributed had USAC accepted the revised form, the Wireline Bureau said Tuesday. The bureau granted Peak’s appeal of the USAC decision and directed USAC to accept the revised form and reverse any related fees, interest and penalties (http://bit.ly/1p77Epz).