USTelecom Responds to Broadband Plan

Walter B. McCormick Jr., President and CEO of USTelecom, said:

We welcome this plan, and commend Chairman Genachowski, Blair Levin, and the FCC staff for undertaking this important initiative. We applaud the comprehensive process that they have employed, the outreach that they have made, and the dedication that they have shown. The goals of expanded broadband deployment, increased adoption, improved quality-of-life and American leadership in the information age are the right goals for our nation. We are pleased by the Commission's recognition of the importance of intercarrier compensation and universal service support to the financial fundamentals of the broadband industry, and by its recognition that it will be through private sector investment and innovation that America's broadband deployment goals will be met, that consumers will be benefited by meaningful competition and choice, that jobs will be created, and that our national objectives will be achieved. We look forward to reviewing the plan in detail, to commenting on the specifics after we have had an opportunity to analyze and digest them, and to continuing to work with the Commission.