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Senate passes Wyoming Telecommunications Act revisions after debate over universal service fund
Summary
The Wyoming Senate adopted amendments and passed Senate File 51 on third reading after debate over the universal service fund benchmark and whether the subsidy should be set at $30, $35 or $40 per line for rural customers.
The Wyoming Senate on Jan. 28 adopted amendments and passed Senate File 51, a package of revisions to the Wyoming Telecommunications Act that includes changes to the universal service subsidy for rural telephone service.
Senator Curt Landon, sponsor of a third‑reading amendment, said the provision concerns the Universal Fund that helps carriers recover costs to serve remote areas. "This universal service fund is all about a process by which the telecommunication company ... can submit the proper paperwork, to be refunded for the cost of…
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