Carrier contributions to the Universal Service Fund will jump 19 ...
Carrier contributions to the Universal Service Fund will jump 19 percent this quarter, mostly from rising support requirements for rural health care and schools and libraries, the FCC said Friday. Next quarter, carriers must contribute 11.3 percent of their…
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long distance revenue to USF. That’s 1.8 percentage points more than in Q1 and the same as in Q1 of 2008. To set the carrier “contribution factor,” the commission divides projected carrier revenue by expected subsidies for a quarter. Of a forecast $1.88 billion in Q2 subsidies, about $1.1 billion is projected for the rural high-cost program, $537 million for the E-Rate program, $201 million for low-income support and $67.5 million for the rural health-care program.