USA Mobility asked the FCC not to change how it collects Universal Service...
USA Mobility asked the FCC not to change how it collects Universal Service Fund fees in a way that imposes significantly higher charges on users of paging systems. “Many of USA Mobility’s customers pay less than $.10 per month in…
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USF charges, and even most higher-revenue customers pay less than $.25 per month,” the company said in an ex parte filing about a meeting with commission officials. “Accordingly, a numbers-based or connections-based contribution methodology that imposed flat monthly charges in the neighborhood of $1.00 would inflict dramatically higher costs that would adversely affect USA Mobility’s ability to retain its price-sensitive subscriber base."