FCC Adopts Use of Fabric to Update and Verify High-Cost Obligations

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau adopted the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric, the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for identifying broadband serviceable locations (BSLs), as the basis it will rely on for generally verifying compliance with high-cost program deployment obligations and for adjusting the location obligations for certain high-cost support mechanisms. Specifically, the FCC adopted processes and policies for implementing the RDOF location readjustment process prior to the six-year RDOF service milestone that will maximize the number of consumers served through RDOF support, and also leveraged existing FCC processes to implement streamlined location adjustment procedures for the Bringing Puerto Rico Together (PR) Fund, the Connect USVI Fund, Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) I, Revised A-CAM I, and A-CAM II carriers.  The decision to rely on the Fabric for these purposes is a step towards improving accuracy, oversight, and accountability for the FCC's high-cost support mechanisms. 


WCB Adopts Use of Fabric to Update and Verify High-Cost Obligations