Coalition Lobbies FCC Staff on Proposed ACAM Plan

The Alternative Connect America Model (ACAM) Broadband Coalition met with FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics staff about the coalition’s proposed modifications to the ACAM I and ACAM II programs, per an ex parte filing posted Friday in docket 10-90 (see 2207190056). The group said density “plays a major role in ACAM company costs” and “any comparison of the per-location support amounts of winning [Rural Digital Opportunity Fund] auction bids with the per-location support amounts proposed in the ACAM enhancement plan is inapposite.” The coalition also noted 73% of all ACAM locations won’t receive an increase in annual support under the proposed plan.