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Universal Service Fund
209 published works
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Seeks Comment on Two USF Appeals
By Kelley Drye
Continuing its recent custom, the FCC quickly sought comment on two Universal Service Appeals. The issues involved in these appeals include classification of information services, classification of reseller revenues and…
CommLaw Monitor
Comcast, Net Neutrality and the Universal Service Fund
By Kelley Drye
Yesterday, the DC Circuit held oral argument on Comcast's appeal of the FCC's ruling that Comcast ilegally blocked P2P traffic in its broadband Internet service. By all accounts, the argument…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Inspector General Discloses Effort to Identify USF Non-Contributors
By Kelley Drye
Tucked inside a semi-annual report released over the holidays, the FCC's Inspector General revealed that its most recent round of audits of the Universal Service Fund included, for the first…
CommLaw Monitor
International Prepaid Card Providers Petition FCC to File USF Form 499As
By Kelley Drye
A group of international prepaid card companies have petitioned the FCC for a rule change that will allow them to file their own FCC Form 499As to cover the universal…
CommLaw Monitor
April 1 USF Form Released: MPLS, Conferencing Among the Changes
By Kelley Drye
On February 25, the FCC released the 2009 Form 499-A and instructions. All telecommunications carriers are required to report their 2008 revenues on this form to calculate universal service and…
CommLawBlog
FCC Caps USF High Cost Funding for CETCs
By Donald Evans
By Don Evans 703-812-0430 email In a surprise to no one, the FCC has adopted the Joint Board's recommendation to cap high cost support to competing service providers in an…
CommLawBlog
VOIP: If it Quacks Like a Duck, Regulate it Like a Duck!
By FHH Law
By Paul Feldman703-812-0403email The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld a 2006 FCC Order requiring interconnected Voice-over-the-Internet ("VOIP") providers to contribute to the federal universal service…
FCC Law Blog
Washington Update – March/April 2007
I. Legislative Branch Activity A. Senate Commerce Committee Meets to Discuss Universal Service. On March 1, the Senate Commerce Committee invited Commissioners Tate and Copps, as well as other regulatory officials, to…
FCC Law Blog
Washington Update – August 2006
I. Legislative Branch Activity A. Senate Fails to Pass Telecom Bill Before August Recess. The Senate shut down for August recess without passing the telecom bill (HR-5252), despite Commerce Committee…