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FCC Seeks to Expand $8-billion Universal Services Fund to Include Broadband & Mobile Services
Colleagues,
As reported in TelcomPaper ... The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled plans to extend the country's universal service fund to broadband services. The proposals will form part of the National Broadband Plan, to be presented to Congress on 17 March...
... The proposal would create a Connect America fund inside the Universal Service program to subsidize broadband, and a Mobility Fund to expand the reach of 3G mobile networks, Blair Levin,
the FCC official overseeing the broadband plan, told a press briefing...
... The Universal Service Fund currently subsidizes phone service for the poor and in remote areas, funds internet access in schools and libraries and pays for high-speed connections for rural health clinics. Funding for the $ 8-billion-a-year programme comes from a surcharge that businesses and consumers pay on their long-distance bills...
Read on at: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=722735
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in TelcomPaper ... The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled plans to extend the country's universal service fund to broadband services. The proposals will form part of the National Broadband Plan, to be presented to Congress on 17 March...
... The proposal would create a Connect America fund inside the Universal Service program to subsidize broadband, and a Mobility Fund to expand the reach of 3G mobile networks, Blair Levin,
the FCC official overseeing the broadband plan, told a press briefing...
... The Universal Service Fund currently subsidizes phone service for the poor and in remote areas, funds internet access in schools and libraries and pays for high-speed connections for rural health clinics. Funding for the $ 8-billion-a-year programme comes from a surcharge that businesses and consumers pay on their long-distance bills...
Read on at: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=722735
ENJOY!
CC
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