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A Year of Challenges for the Universal Service Fund

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On the Third Day of Broadband, my true love sent to me: 3rd year without the Federal Communications Commission having spectrum auction authority. " “This decision is misguided and wrong,” Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in response to the decision. 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 Federal Communications Commission, which manages the fund and asked justices to overturn the order, itself had argued the question wasn’t moot as the program still operates with a new contribution factor being set each quarter. That’s the percentage of interstate voice revenue telecoms pay into the fund.

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