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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony
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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1991)11/25/1998 7:51:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple  Read Replies (2) of 3178
 
Frank: I go back to read: "under the new approach, states whose costs
to provide phone service are well above a yet-to-be-determined national average would kick in as much money as they can to help make phone service affordable, Federal subsidies would cover the rest" and then try and understand why the FCC would not allow the "fees" as a write-off. At least that's the way it looks to me, not allowing the "tax".

As far as the line-item that is greater, (top off value), that is understandable.

Looking into the NECA as of late, covering that aspect of telecommunications, it is not easy to understand the price hikes in rual communities. If you are serviced by one of the approximately 1400 small independent telephone companies in America, your rates may be 8¢ per minute higher because of this regulatory discrepancy, and as you well know, calls which originate in NECA areas are usually more expensive than calls placed in and between areas served by larger carriers.

Thats an area that should be exploited by ITSPs?

Trying to understand how the FCC considers all the above is like trying to consider how the LECs are losing money <gg>

Beginning January 1, 1999, the PICC ceilings for price cap non-primary residential and multi-line business lines will be adjusted for inflation and will increase by a maximum of $1.00 and $1.50 per year, respectively, until incumbent LECs can recover all of their permitted common line revenues through a combination of flat-rated SLCs and PICCs.

Here's an interesting document released on Oct 97, with 1999 implications in paga 8.

fcc.gov

Regards,

Stephen
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