Proxy Cost Models

• The Original Contenders

  • BCPM BellSouth, Sprint, U S WEST ($4.5B - $9B NRLEC)
  • HAI AT&T, MCI ($3B - $4.5B NRLEC)
  • HCPM FCC Staff

• Major Model Issues

  • Network Design - Engineer-in-a-Box
  • Customer Location
  • Input Values
  • Accuracy for Small Geographic Areas
  • Who Needs Reality?

• Current Status

  • FCC finalizing “synthesis model and inputs for non-rural LECs
  • Rural Task Force to address model issues for rural LECs

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