Fifth Circuit

Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Consumer groups are trying to resolve the issue with the agency directly.

Jake Neenan

Aug 12, 2024 — 2 min read

Photo of Andrew Jay Schwartzman, senior counsel for the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, from the organization.

WASHINGTON, August 12, 2024 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed Friday to pause consumer groups’ effort to require Internet Service Providers to contribute to a multibillion broadband subsidy program run by the Federal Communications Commission.

The Benton Institute for Broadband and Society and the Media Alliance challenged the FCC’s decision to abstain from tapping broadband revenue for its $8.1 billion Universal Service Fund, something that would normally have happened when the agency reclassified broadband providers as Title II common carriers.

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