Action on universal service contributions reform doesn’t appear t...
Action on universal service contributions reform doesn’t appear to be a front-burner issue at the FCC, judging from comments that FCC Chmn. Martin made in response to a question at a news conference Wed. The Commission will “have to…
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see the results of changes last summer” to the contributions methodology before determining how quickly the agency should move on broader reform, he said. “We will have to see if [the USF] starts to creep up” again, he added. The FCC in June placed universal service obligations on VoIP providers and raised the wireless safe harbor -- both actions billed as interim measures until the FCC can institute broader reform of the way carriers contribute to the USF. Rising demand for USF subsidies has been taxing the fund and placing increasing pressure on the carriers that contribute to it.