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Consumers' Research Again Disagrees With USF Q4 Contribution Factor

Consumers' Research objected again to the FCC's proposed quarterly USF contribution factor for Q4 2024. The group said in comments posted Friday in docket 96-45 that the FCC should reject the proposed 35.8% contribution factor and let Congress "fund universal…

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service via a standard tax appropriation." The group challenged the USF contribution mechanism in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which granted a stay of its ruling in favor of Consumers' Research pending the FCC's petition for a writ of certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court last month (see 2408270030).