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FCC stalls on long-distance equal access.(News)

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER

The Federal Communications Commission will not decide until late 2004 whether wireless carriers must offer equal access to all long-distance service providers to be eligible for universal-service subsidies.

"The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service was unable to reach agreement on whether equal access should be added to the list of supported services and made no recommendations regarding this service. Because critical arguments in favor of adding equal access are related to the eligible telecommunications carrier process and calculation of support for competitive ETCs, both of which are within the scope of the Portability ...

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