Expand USF to Include Broadband: 254 Organizations
Expand the USF contribution base to include broadband internet access services, 254 organizations said Monday in a call-to-action letter to broadband policymakers (see 2109130053). Among signers were Public Knowledge, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband…
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Coalition, the Ad Hoc Telecom Users Committee, Incompas, NTCA, WTA, the Rural Wireless Association and dozens of broadband providers. This change would “reduce regulatory uncertainty … better reflect evolving uses of services … be straightforward to administer, and would be more equitable and nondiscriminatory for residential and business consumers than the current system,” the letter said, saying the FCC can do this “under its existing authority without requiring new legislation.” The agency didn’t comment.