”Caribou migration, foot, jeep, tractor, winter trails [and] roads across...

"Caribou migration, foot, jeep, tractor, winter trails [and] roads across tundra that are inaccessible by most vehicles” were erroneously included in data that the FCC Wireline Bureau relied on in calculating some benchmarks for the new high-cost loop support rules. In an order Wednesday, the bureau found “good cause” to grant a request of Arctic Slope Telephone Cooperative (ASTAC) for an expedited waiver to correct the road miles, road crossings, and the number of exchanges in the study area that were used in the regression analysis establishing benchmarks for the co-op (http://xrl.us/bn3w63). The bureau has modified the relevant variables, and calculated revised capital expenditure and operating expense benchmarks for ASTAC.