Ars Technica

FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband

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 ...
American Enterprise Institute

Broadband Tax Is the Wrong Path Toward Universal Service Reform

The week prior, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing titled “The State of Universal Service.” And while the hearing ostensibly sought to examine the performance ...
Vermont Business Magazine

Maple Broadband’s BEAD funding to bring universal service throughout the district

The Local Equitable Access Fund (LEAF) funds a $30 monthly service discount and waives the $149.95 installation fee for qualifying households. Financed directly by Maple Broadband, LEAF reflects the ...
Easier

Broadband should be a universal service obligation

The Government must make basic broadband speeds a universal service obligation to help small firms grow and strengthen recovery, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said. The FSB is pleased ...
American Enterprise Institute

Framing the Future of Universal Service

Last year’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) marks an inflection point in this debate. The bill included the single largest federal appropriation ever for broadband investment — $65 ...
VTDigger

Evan Carlson: Vermonters need to take control over achieving universal broadband

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The Hill

Closing the digital divide requires a coalition on reform of the Universal Service Fund

COVID-19 has exacerbated the digital “haves” and “have nots” through remote work, learning, and telehealth, yet our government’s main agency to support greater access and adoption is inadequately ...