1STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN
APPROVING IN PART, CONCURRING IN PART
Re: Universal Service High-Cost Filing Deadlines, WC Docket No. 08-71
While I agree that Madison Telephone Company has failed to establish that retroactive relief is 
warranted, particularly with the lack of discovery of the error for nine years, I am concerned about our 
denial of prospective relief. There is no dispute that Madison Telephone qualified to receive a federal 
universal service mechanism known as safety valve support but, due to a filing error, they will be unable 
to receive such support on a prospective basis even after curing the error. I find this result unnecessarily 
harsh and am struggling to see how it furthers our universal service goals. In this particular case, 
however, the denial does not seem material because Madison Telephone has yet to establish specific 
harms. As a result, I approve in part and concur in part.