Cal. consumers would be the biggest losers if the FCC shifts to a...
Cal. consumers would be the biggest losers if the FCC shifts to a numbers- or connections-based USF contribution, the Keep USF Fair Coalition said Wed. The higher the fee, the bigger the hit, the coalition said. Consumers in other…
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large states, including Tex., Mass., N.Y. and Ill., would be hurt by the change in funding methodology, it said: “Californians currently pay $613.11 million in USF taxes and get back only $575.75 million in USF expenditures. Under the $1.50 per-connection tax switch for USF the California ‘deficit’ would soar from the current $37.35 million to $582.43 million.”