Agri-Pulse

Supreme Court mulls constitutionality of Universal Service Fund

The fate of an $8 billion program that funds internet services in rural areas and schools is now formally before the Supreme Court, which seemed inclined to uphold its constitutionality after ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: State Universal Service Fund Reform

First established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Universal Service Fund was designed to provide telephone service to underserved areas of the country. Soon after, ...
The Journal

Supreme Court Upholds Universal Service Fund

In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, the primary funding source behind the E-Rate program. E-Rate is one of four ...
Ars Technica

FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband

The Federal Communications Commission chair decided not to impose Universal Service fees on Internet service, rejecting arguments for new assessments to shore up an FCC fund that subsidizes broadband ...
Ars Technica

5th Circuit court upends FCC Universal Service Fund, ruling it an illegal tax

A US appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional, finding Universal Service fees on phone bills to be a “misbegotten tax.” If not ...
American Enterprise Institute

Fifth Circuit to Hear Long-Overdue Constitutional Challenge to Universal Service Fund

Each quarter, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) determines the Universal Service Fund (USF) surcharge that is placed on customers’ telecommunications bills. The surcharge is calculated by ...
American Enterprise Institute

Broadband Tax Is the Wrong Path Toward Universal Service Reform

The week prior, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing titled “The State of Universal Service.” And while the hearing ostensibly sought to examine the performance ...
The Journal

Universal Service Fund at issue as providers converge on Washington

The Communications Act of 1934 established the principle that all Americans should have access to communications service, with the government subsidizing uneconomic routes for remote and lower-income ...
Forbes

Taxing Big Tech And The Universal Service Fund

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Leahey is an attorney and law professor that covers tax. In recent comments to the Federal Communications Commission, ...
ZDNet

The Universal Service Fund will now tax VoIP: so what?

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Agri-Pulse

Supreme Court to consider constitutionality of Universal Service Fund

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional. The court decided Friday to take up the ...