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A Year of Challenges for the Universal Service Fund

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  Established by Congress in 1996 to support broadband access in high-cost rural areas and connect schools and libraries nationwide, the USF has been at the center of legal battles, congressional debates, and calls for significant structural reform. On the Fourth Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me: $42.5 In July , the U.S.

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High Court Watcher: SCOTUS Might Not Want to Upend Universal Service

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The high court agreed Friday to review a Fifth Circuit decision that found the $8 billion-per-year broadband subsidy, funded by fees on telecom providers, illegally took taxing power away from the legislature.  That’s the percentage of interstate voice revenue telecoms pay into the fund. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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