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USAC Projects Q4 Budget of $59.56 Million

The Universal Service Administrative Co. projects it will spend $59.56 million during the fourth quarter, including $33.8 million in direct costs to support individual USF programs plus $25.76 million administrative common costs, it said in a report Friday. It budgeted…

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$13.58 million for its program to deploy broadband in high-cost areas, $17.28 million to help subsidize telecom services for low-income consumers, $3.75 million to support rural healthcare, and $24.95 million for broadband aid to schools and libraries. The individual program budgets include both direct and common costs. USAC said it did extensive outreach to program participants in the last quarter in the form of webinars.