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June 2019
Past Event
Capping Universal Broadband Funds: A Conversation with Commissioner Michael O鈥橰ielly
Capping Universal Broadband Funds: A Conversation with Commissioner Michael O鈥橰ielly
Past Event
华体会, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
June 25, 2019
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June 2019
Past Event
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
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华体会 hosted Commissioner Michael O鈥橰ielly to discuss the capping of the Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 (FCC) Federal Universal Service Fund (USF). The conversation was moderated by the Director of Hudson鈥檚 Center for the Economics of the Internet Harold Furchtgott-Roth.
Initiated under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the USF was developed to encourage investment in universal telecommunications access. Funded entirely by telecommunications services user fees, the size of the USF has grown in recent years to more than $10 billion annually. This has led some in the FCC, including Commissioner O鈥橰ielly and Chairman Ajit Pai, and members of Congress to propose a budget cap for the fund. Commissioner O鈥橰ielly will discuss the implications of a budget cap on the USF.
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