No Jitter

Universal Service Reform: An Overview of Changes

The FCC will create two funds: the Connect America Fund, which will provide support to traditional landline broadband services; and the Mobility Fund. For almost as long as the Universal Service Fund ...
JD Supra

Consumers’ Research Universal Service Litigation Nears Inflection Point

The Fifth and D.C. Circuit federal appellate courts are now poised to issue pivotal decisions in the ongoing litigation challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s universal service support ...
NBC New York

Appeals court rules against FCC fund used to provide phone services for rural, low-income people

Calling it a “misbegotten tax,” a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled Wednesday that a method the Federal Communications Commission uses to fund telephone service for rural and low-income ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
JD Supra

Supreme Court Upholds Universal Service Contribution Requirements

The US Supreme Court, in a 6 – 3 decision, has upheld the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) system for determining and collecting universal service contributions. In overturning the US Court of ...