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FCC Takes Another Step to Reform Universal Service Fund
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has kicked off its latest efforts to reform the much-maligned Universal Service Fund, which was created to help bring communications services to all Americans.
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has kicked off its latest efforts to reform the much-maligned Universal Service Fund, which was created to help bring communications services to all Americans.
In the agency’s National Broadband Plan released last month, the FCC stated its intent to transform the USF from supporting networks providing plain old telephone services into a more efficient tool for making affordable, high-speed broadband available to all Americans.
The FCC this week is asking for public comment on the transformation of the fund, including its plan for creating a Connect America Fund, which would directly support broadband without increasing the size of the USF.
Through its “notice of proposed rulemaking” and its “notice of inquiry,” the agency hopes to foster more dialogue on an economic model to precisely target support for areas where there is no private-sector business case for carriers to provide broadband and voice services.
It also wants to hear thoughts on proposals to cut legacy universal spending in high-cost areas and to shift support to broadband communications.
“This proceeding will lay the groundwork for a system that provides universal service support for broadband and voice services in an efficient and targeted manner,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “The comprehensive universal service reform that the National Broadband Plan envisions will take time, but cannot take too long. We do not want flash cuts. We want a reasonably paced and certain approach to converting universal service to broadband communications.”
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U.S. Broadband Deployment and Speeds are Beating Europe’s, Says Scholar Touting ‘Facilities-based Competition’
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has kicked off its latest efforts to reform the much-maligned Universal Service Fund, which was created to help bring communications services to all Americans.
In the agency’s National Broadband Plan released last month, the FCC stated its intent to transform the USF from supporting networks providing plain old telephone services into a more efficient tool for making affordable, high-speed broadband available to all Americans.
The FCC this week is asking for public comment on the transformation of the fund, including its plan for creating a Connect America Fund, which would directly support broadband without increasing the size of the USF.
Through its “notice of proposed rulemaking” and its “notice of inquiry,” the agency hopes to foster more dialogue on an economic model to precisely target support for areas where there is no private-sector business case for carriers to provide broadband and voice services.
It also wants to hear thoughts on proposals to cut legacy universal spending in high-cost areas and to shift support to broadband communications.
“This proceeding will lay the groundwork for a system that provides universal service support for broadband and voice services in an efficient and targeted manner,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “The comprehensive universal service reform that the National Broadband Plan envisions will take time, but cannot take too long. We do not want flash cuts. We want a reasonably paced and certain approach to converting universal service to broadband communications.”
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Discussion of Broadband Breakfast Club Virtual Event on High-Capacity Applications and Gigabit Connectivity
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2013 – The Broadband Breakfast Club released the first video of its Broadband Breakfast Club Virtual Event, on “How High-Capacity Applications Are Driving Gigabit Connectivity.”
The dialogue featured Dr. Glenn Ricart, Chief Technology Officer, US IGNITE; Sheldon Grizzle of GigTank in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Todd Marriott, Executive Director of UTOPIA, the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, and Drew Clark, Chairman and Publisher, BroadbandBreakfast.com.
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has kicked off its latest efforts to reform the much-maligned Universal Service Fund, which was created to help bring communications services to all Americans.
In the agency’s National Broadband Plan released last month, the FCC stated its intent to transform the USF from supporting networks providing plain old telephone services into a more efficient tool for making affordable, high-speed broadband available to all Americans.
The FCC this week is asking for public comment on the transformation of the fund, including its plan for creating a Connect America Fund, which would directly support broadband without increasing the size of the USF.
Through its “notice of proposed rulemaking” and its “notice of inquiry,” the agency hopes to foster more dialogue on an economic model to precisely target support for areas where there is no private-sector business case for carriers to provide broadband and voice services.
It also wants to hear thoughts on proposals to cut legacy universal spending in high-cost areas and to shift support to broadband communications.
“This proceeding will lay the groundwork for a system that provides universal service support for broadband and voice services in an efficient and targeted manner,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “The comprehensive universal service reform that the National Broadband Plan envisions will take time, but cannot take too long. We do not want flash cuts. We want a reasonably paced and certain approach to converting universal service to broadband communications.”
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Breakfast Club Video: ‘Gigabit and Ultra-High-Speed Networks: Where They Stand Now and How They Are Building the Future’
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission has kicked off its latest efforts to reform the much-maligned Universal Service Fund, which was created to help bring communications services to all Americans.
In the agency’s National Broadband Plan released last month, the FCC stated its intent to transform the USF from supporting networks providing plain old telephone services into a more efficient tool for making affordable, high-speed broadband available to all Americans.
The FCC this week is asking for public comment on the transformation of the fund, including its plan for creating a Connect America Fund, which would directly support broadband without increasing the size of the USF.
Through its “notice of proposed rulemaking” and its “notice of inquiry,” the agency hopes to foster more dialogue on an economic model to precisely target support for areas where there is no private-sector business case for carriers to provide broadband and voice services.
It also wants to hear thoughts on proposals to cut legacy universal spending in high-cost areas and to shift support to broadband communications.
“This proceeding will lay the groundwork for a system that provides universal service support for broadband and voice services in an efficient and targeted manner,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. “The comprehensive universal service reform that the National Broadband Plan envisions will take time, but cannot take too long. We do not want flash cuts. We want a reasonably paced and certain approach to converting universal service to broadband communications.”
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