Legal Opinion
Rural Cellular Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 11, 2009No. 08-1284, 08-1285PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners — wireless telephone service providers serving primarily small and rural markets — challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or the Commission) decision to impose an interim cap on rapidly escalating subsidy payments. The universal support subsidy, intended to ensure adequate, reasonably priced service for residents of rural, sparsely populated, or hard-to-reach areas, increased by more than a billion dollars between 2001 and 2007. See Fed.-State Joint Bd. on Universal Serv., CC Docket No. 98-202,…
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