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- Universal_Service_Fund abstract "The Universal Service Fund (USF) was created by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1997 to meet Congressional universal service goals as mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The 1996 Act states that all providers of telecommunications services should contribute to federal universal service in some equitable and nondiscriminatory manner; there should be specific, predictable, and sufficient Federal and State mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service; all schools, classrooms, health care providers, and libraries should, generally, have access to advanced telecommunications services; and finally, that the Federal-State Joint Board and the FCC should determine those other principles that, consistent with the 1996 Act, are necessary to protect the public interest. Recent quarterly USF fees can be found at Contribution Factor & Quarterly Filings - Universal Service Fund (USF) Management Support. As of the first quarter of 2013, the USF fee, equals 16.1 percent of a telecom company's interstate end-user revenues. As of the second quarter of 2013, the USF fee is 15.5 percent.Universal Service charges should not be confused with what are sometimes referred to in telephone company bills as "Federal Subscriber Line" charges, which are not taxes or charges by the federal government or other levels of government. The FCC states that "Local telephone companies recover some of the costs of telephone lines connected to your home or business through this monthly charge on your local telephone bill. Sometimes called the federal subscriber line charge, this fee is regulated and capped by the FCC. While this "fee" is not officially a "tax", it is mandated by the FCC to be paid every month by carriers who wish to conduct interstate business. Most carriers opt to pass this fee/tax onto the consumer The money received from the subscriber line charge goes directly to local telephone companies." This, "in effect, subsidizes [with money from smaller users] the much reduced access rates paid by the largest long distance users’, who are generally big businesses."In contrast, the typically much lower USF fees collected by phone companies in principle represent the same funds passed on to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which notes "This line item (USF) appears when a company chooses to recover its USF contributions directly from its customers by billing them this charge. The FCC does not require this charge to be passed on to customers. Each company makes a business decision about whether and how to assess charges to recover its Universal Service costs.On October 27, 2011, the FCC approved a six-year transfer process that would transition money from the Universal Service Fund High-Cost Program to a new $4.5 billion a year Connect America Fund for broadband Internet expansion, effectively putting an end to the USF High-Cost Fund by 2018.".
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- Universal_Service_Fund comment "The Universal Service Fund (USF) was created by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1997 to meet Congressional universal service goals as mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.".
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