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On August 22, 2012 in a split (3-2) decision, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") suspended, on an interim basis, its existing rules allowing for automatic grants of pricing flexibility for special access services provided by local exchange carriers ("LECs") operating under price cap regulation
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released an Order on February 6, 2012 to comprehensively reform the low-income program of the Universal Service Fund to eliminate Link Up in non-Tribal areas; impose uniform eligibility, certification and verification requirements in part through the use of duplicates and eligibility databases; begin the process of modernizing the program to shift to supporting broadband and constrain the growth of the $2.1 billion low-income fund by $200 million in 2012 and by an estimated $2 billion over the next three years
