The Present And Future Of The Universal Service Fund

Author : United States. Congress
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ISBN 13 : 9781981557868
Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book The Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present and future of the Universal Service Fund : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 1, 2007.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781977954305
Total Pages : 174 pages
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Download or read book The Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present and future of the Universal Service Fund : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 1, 2007.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Total Pages : 186 pages
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Download or read book The Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund, S. Hrg. 110-1111, March 1, 2007, 110-1 Hearing, *. written by and published by . This book was released on 2012* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : U.S. Government Printing Office (Gpo)
Publisher : BiblioGov
ISBN 13 : 9781293025062
Total Pages : 178 pages
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Download or read book S. Hrg. 110-1111 written by U.S. Government Printing Office (Gpo) and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office of the President and other executive departments, and independent agencies. A hearing is a meeting of the Senate, House, joint or certain Government committee that is open to the public so that they can listen in on the opinions of the legislation. Hearings can also be held to explore certain topics or a current issue. It typically takes between two months up to two years to be published. This is one of those hearings.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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ISBN 13 : 9780160908583
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book The Present and Future of the Universal Service Fund written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Derek Turner
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Download or read book Universal Service Reform & Convergence USF Policy for the 21st Century written by Derek Turner and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress is currently considering overhauling several key components of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, in the attempt to bring the law in line with recent advances in market competition and technology. One major area under consideration for reform is the Universal Service Fund. Many observers believe that the current universal service funding mechanism is both inefficient and unsustainable. Furthermore, the access charge regime -- an implicit universal service subsidy mechanism -- may also be in need of reform in order to face the realities of a converged marketplace. Despite the fact that broadband is viewed by many as the communications technology of the 21st century, under current regulations, only schools, libraries, and rural health care facilities are eligible to receive universal service support explicitly for broadband services. However, several legislative proposals currently under consideration in Congress would extend universal service to broadband. The impetus to expand USF to broadband is driven in part by recent data that show the U.S. falling behind other developed nations in measures of broadband penetration, speed, and price. However, a satisfactory explanation of this “broadband lag” is needed in order for members of Congress and the FCC to craft policies that adequately move the U.S. towards the goal of universal, affordable broadband access. This report employs comparative statistical methods to characterize and understand the differences in broadband performance between the U.S. and other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations. A key finding is that the U.S.'s unusually high poverty rate may be a major factor contributing to this country's increasingly poor international broadband performance. This finding suggests that extending USF to broadband may help ameliorate this disturbing trend. However, any proposal to reform USF must ensure that contributions are collected and distributed in a more efficient and equitable manner (compared to the current system), while at the same time adhering to the statutory goals of the program. This report examines the costs and benefits of several contribution reform proposals, and concludes that a numbers-connectivity contribution system would be far more efficient than the current revenue-based approach, and that most consumers would benefit under a properly designed numbers-connectivity system. The report also finds that one of the major economic justifications for universal service -- network externalities -- is most relevant when applying universal service to broadband. The report recommends gradually transitioning the universal service system away from the archaic voice standard, and towards a “bits” metric, where in the future all recipients of universal service support will be required to offer a broadband capable connection.

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Download or read book Future of the Universal Service Fund and Related Broadband Programs written by Figliola and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress
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ISBN 13 : 9781985237261
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book The Future of Universal Service written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of universal service : ensuring the sufficiency and stability of the fund : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 19, 2002.

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Download or read book Factors that May Increase Future Spending from the Universal Service Fund written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: