Connect America Fund- Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) Voluntary Location Adjustment Process and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Unreasonable Locations Process
Connect America Fund- Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) Voluntary Location Adjustment Process and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Unreasonable Locations Process
This collection addresses the requirements of a voluntary process (A-CAM location adjustment process) to request a downward adjustment when there are fewer locations in eligible 2010 census blocks than the carrier has supported locations pursuant to its A-CAM authorization. It also addresses the process for removing RDOF unreasonable locations for carriers with more RDOF locations.
The Commission is reporting program changes to this collection due to the completion of the Eligible Adjustment Location Process and the implementation of the Revised A-CAM I and A-CAM II location adjustment processes and the implementation of the process for certain RDOF carriers to demonstrate that certain locations are unreasonable to serve. As a result of these program changes, the total number of respondents decreased from 296 to 115 (-181), the total annual responses decreased from 962 responses to 115 (-847), and the total annual burden hours decreased from 10,804 to 4,075 (-6,729).
There are no adjustments to this collection.
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