Monday’s announcement that the Universal Service Fund contribution factor will...
Monday’s announcement that the Universal Service Fund contribution factor will hit 15.5 percent in Q1 shows that wireless carriers aren’t responsible for driving up the size of the fund, Rural Cellular Association President Steve Berry said Tuesday. “In August 2008,…
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the FCC ordered an ‘interim’ cap on the total support that” competitive eligible telecommunications carriers “can receive based on the notion that wireless carriers were solely responsible for the growth in USF,” Berry said. “Clearly, wireless is not the problem; despite the cap on wireless support, the contribution factor has not only increased, but it is at its highest” level ever. The announcement “further demonstrates the need for forward looking USF reform that funds the choices of consumers,” he said.