Alaska Plan Should Be Adopted, GCI Tells FCC

The Alaska Plan is a forward-looking way to improve broadband deployment in the state and should be adopted, said General Communications in an ex parte letter posted Friday in FCC docket 14-58. The plan (see 1511240049) proposes a way to stretch existing universal service support further and retarget support to areas that most need it, while recognizing that Alaska's geographic and infrastructure challenges require a universal service plan to be tailored to the state, it said.