GCI Urges FCC to Revise Framework of Alaska Plan for Alaska Connect Fund
GCI Communications urged that the FCC adopt a revised framework of the Alaska Plan for the Alaska Connect Fund. During a meeting with staff of the Wireline Bureau, Wireless Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics, GCI proposed a framework…
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built on the "existing and successful" Alaska Plan "rather than reinvent the wheel." In an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 23-328, GCI said the state "has a uniquely challenging environment for deploying broadband services," so the commission should adopt a "two-phase approach." The first, it said, should be a 10-year term that builds on the existing plan with increased support levels to account for inflation. The second would require the commission to initiate a proceeding evaluating the results of NTIA's broadband, equity, access, and deployment program to evaluate and develop cost models.