Securing the Future of Universal Service
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The Universal Service Fund (USF) supports broadband connectivity and affordability but is primarily supported by a shrinking number of voice telephone customers. The USF contribution system urgently needs reform and to be modernized.
Issue Briefs
The Universal Service Fund is essential to maintaining the nation’s commitment to universal connectivity over time. Congress must act now to ensure its future.
Securing the Future of Universal Service
This issue brief outlines four concrete and achievable steps Congress can take to solve both of these issues. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) remains a transformative force, connecting more than 23 million households to the internet, but funding is expected to expire in April. The Universal Service Fund (USF) supports broadband connectivity and affordability but is primarily supported by a shrinking number of voice telephone customers.
A Permanent Solution for Saving ACP and USF
American Connectivity Forum
As Washington gears-up for critical decisions about the future of the Universal Service Fund, this event hosts leaders from the policy community along with senior executives from the nation’s innovative broadband providers for important discussions on the path forward to connect our communities.
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