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FCC Moves to Reform Phone Subsidies Program for Low-Income Americans

The agency is seeking to modernize a $1.3 billion program that has more than doubled in size over the last decade. ...More
March 4, 2011 By Josh Long
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FCC Moves to Fund Broadband Across America

The agency is taking steps to reform the multibillion-dollar Universal Service Fund and modernize the complex intercarrier compensation system by which telephone companies pay one another to connect calls. ...More
February 8, 2011 By Josh Long
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Vonage, 8x8 in States’ USF Sights With New FCC Ruling

VoIP operators such as Vonage and 8x8 now can be forced to pay into states’ USF coffers, thanks to a new FCC ruling. ...More
November 8, 2010
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Boucher, Terry Try Again to Reform Universal Service Fund

Longtime House allies Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Lee Terry, R-Neb., have introduced, for the third time in as many years, a bill to reform the Universal Service Fund (USF). ...More
July 22, 2010 By Kelly Teal
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FCC Report Sour on Broadband: New Data, Definitions Change Everything

For the first time in 11 years, the FCC has decided that broadband deployment in the United States does not measure up to reasonable expectations. ...More
July 20, 2010 By Kelly Teal
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Operators Getting Too Big to Fail

The FCC needs to pull the trigger on its mobile data roaming ruling. ...More
July 16, 2010 By Tim McElligott
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The FCC Answers Critics on USF, Intercarrier Comp

The elimination of intercarrier compensation and the USF as we know it is imminent. The FCC's associate chief of the wireline competition bureau explains why the move is necessary. ...More
June 10, 2010 By Tara Seals
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XO Losses Quadruple, Revenue Flags in Q1

XO Holdings Inc. (XOHO.OB) losses quadrupled in the first quarter, compared to the year-ago period, and revenue fell 2 percent as the economy continued its weak recovery. The Virginia-based CLEC on Monday reported a net loss of $16.6 million, $12.1 million higher ...More
May 18, 2010 By Kelly Teal
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FCC Ready to Transform USF Away From Voice Subsidies

The FCC on Wednesday made good on its vision to start transforming the Universal Service Fund (USF) from a wireline voice subsidy to one meant to support broadband build-outs throughout the country. Commissioners voted to begin taking public comment on the change, the first ...More
April 21, 2010 By Kelly Teal
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AT&T Calls for USF Reform Before Nat’l Broadband

There won’t be a national broadband plan if the Universal Service Fund remains broken, says AT&T.Monday, the FCC reported that the fund’s contribution percentage is up 36 percent from the beginning of the year. The USF helps subsidize telephone service in ...More
June 15, 2009
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