BFRR of the Greensburg CSA l125 customers or to set a specific
price for the retail broadband access service offered those
customers as part of the request; and
WHEREAS, The PUC approved this Commonwealth's largest
nonrural telecommunications carriers' joint venture with its
wireless affiliate to provide retail broadband access service to
rural BFRR customers; and
WHEREAS, The largest nonrural telecommunications carriers'
joint venture agreements with its wireless affiliate change a
potential alternative provider of broadband service into the
carriers' designated provider, which may constitute illegal
cross-subsidization under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3016(f)(1) and the
corresponding PUC regulations under 52 Pa. Code § 63.143(4)(i);
and
WHEREAS, The largest nonrural telecommunications carriers'
customers who receive wireless broadband services to satisfy a
BFRR are required to address any service or billing disputes
with the wireless affiliate, further raising cross-subsidization
concerns because the carriers' wireless affiliate is an
unregulated provider of wireless competitive services and may or
may not receive dedicated funding only for the benefit of the
carriers' customers where broadband must be deployed, and the
funding may or may not be used by the wireless affiliate to
offer competitive wireless services to the general public; and
WHEREAS, The pricing for the wireless 4G LTE that is provided
through the Commonwealth's largest nonrural telecommunications
carriers' joint venture is affected by certain data usage caps
and tiers, various equipment charges, service reliability issues
and contract periods that may exceed the one-year contractual
term that is statutorily specified for the routine engagement of
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