A new Universal Service Administrative Co. report proves the FCC ...
A new Universal Service Administrative Co. report proves the FCC needn’t revamp Universal Service Fund contribution, the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates said Monday. In the report, USAC projected it would need to collect $1.6 billion in…
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Q1 2009. “If the revenues subject to assessment for the first quarter are consistent with prior quarters, the USF assessment factor for the first quarter will likely be at its lowest since the end of 2006,” NASUCA said. That shows that “the current revenue-based mechanism is not in crisis,” said David Bergmann, chair of NASUCA’s telecom committee. “There is no need for a switch to a numbers-based, connections-based, or hybrid system.”