Universal service is the principle that all Americans should have access to communications services. Universal service is also the name of a fund and the category of FCC programs and policies to implement this principle and related programs, which include:
Telecommunications companies must pay a percentage of their interstate end-user revenues to the Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes telephone service to low-income households and high-cost rural areas. This percentage is called the contribution factor, which is updated four times a year and is increased or decreased depending on the needs of the Universal Service programs. This […]