Washington, DC

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association ("WISP A") , by counsel, w1ites to express its strong support for an exemption for small broadband Internet access service providers from any new Universal Service Fund ("USF") contributions the Commission may impose on broadband services. 1 As WISP A has previously advocated, imposing new costs and burdens on unsubsidized small broadband providers "will make broadband less affordable for customers, including many in those areas most in need of access services. "