Reply Comments of NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association

NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association submitted reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete request for comments. NTCA's reply comments touched on a number of topics, including the Universal Service Fund. "NTCA urges the Commission to reject those questioning the need for universal service programs. These parties suggest dismantling and deleting these programs, but their arguments proceed from a fundamental misunderstanding of law and fact, and they fail as well to understand the precise nature of the statutory mandate for universal service. Even worse, these arguments are based on generalized and misinformed claims as to missions accomplished that should be rejected."