Several NTCA members met with FCC Wireline Bureau...

Several NTCA members met with FCC Wireline Bureau officials Sunday to discuss the recent order to approve IP transition trials (CD Jan 31 p1), an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1bohFVs). After a presentation by Deputy Bureau Chief Carol Mattey, NTCA members asked three questions, the filing said: (1) How will reforms to the high-cost program for rural rate-of-return carriers let them recover costs incurred for past investments under then-current rules? (2) Would the commission consider eliminating or scaling back its five-year network deployment plan requirement? (3) What steps might be needed to ensure the availability of high-cost support for networks where certain consumers cease to take voice telephony services offered to them and instead procure only broadband Internet access services?