The fate of an $8 billion program that funds internet services in rural areas and schools is now formally before the Supreme Court, which seemed inclined to uphold its constitutionality after ...

First established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Universal Service Fund was designed to provide telephone service to underserved areas of the country. Soon after, ...

A US appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional, finding Universal Service fees on phone bills to be a “misbegotten tax.” If not ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that the Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharge — an off-budget tax that Americans pay to support connectivity — has risen to an ...

The Federal Communications Commission chair decided not to impose Universal Service fees on Internet service, rejecting arguments for new assessments to shore up an FCC fund that subsidizes broadband ...

Yesterday, the FCC ruled that Internet phone companies that connect to the (PSTN) Public Switched Telephone Network to process these calls would have to pay a fee into the Universal Service Fund. The ...

In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, the primary funding source behind the E-Rate program. E-Rate is one of four ...

Congress needs to create a solution that reflects how Americans actually use telecommunications services rather than how we once did. Internet Access Communications Congress FCC The pandemic continues ...

Each quarter, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines the Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharge that is placed on customers’ telecommunications bills. The surcharge is calculated by ...

Next year at this time members will be crisscrossing their districts in an effort to convince their constituents that they should be reelected. Likewise, challengers will be making the case as to why ...