An update on news from May 2020
All in USF Contribution
An update on news from May 2020
A new paper released by NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association finds that broadening the base of contributions to the Universal Service Fund by including both voice and broadband connections would not harm consumer broadband adoption and retention.
An update on news from March 2020.
Update on news from December 2019
An update on news from November 2019.
This article contains recent news about broadband funding: FCC Universal Service Programs, Federal Funding, and State Funding.
Here is an update on important news from November 2019.
The state members of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service have submitted a Recommended Decision that proposes changing the existing contribution mechanism for federal universal service programs. Among other things, the state members want the FCC to assess broadband revenue and move to connections-based assessment on residential services
An update on news stories from September 2019.
The FCC has announced that the proposed universal service fund contribution factor for the fourth quarter of 2019 will be 25 percent, the highest ever. This gives 2019 the highest yearly average USF contribution factor ever – 22.05 percent.