Standoff Continues on USF Contribution Factor Updates
FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly said Friday he doesn't support a recent recommendation to include an assessment on broadband usage to help support USF programs. Earlier this month, state members of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service asked the FCC…
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in docket 96-45 to expand its contribution base to include a fee on internet access service (see 1910150045). "We're at a crossroads," O'Rielly said during commissioners' Friday meeting. He said the board would meet again when some of the state members suggest other ideas to address the contribution base. "It's difficult to find common ground," O'Rielly told us in Q&A. Many say the contribution factor is growing unsustainably (see 1909130003).