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In 2011 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed to use the Universal Service Fund to subsidize rural broadband Internet services. In 2019, the FCC estimated that only 73.6% of the rural population had access to broadband services at 25 Mbps in 2017, compared to 98.3% of the population in urban areas. [10] However, many studies have ...
In the modern sense of offering service to all people, the promotion of universal service in telecommunications was crystalized in the 1960s. Some sources point to the earlier Communications Act of 1934 as promoting universal service based on the language of its preamble, but other historians have pointed out that in the early 20th century "universal service" was originally an AT&T marketing ...
In the US, the broadband universal service concept is rooted in the universal service mandate in Telecommunications Act of 1996. [36] Arguments regarding the National Broadband Plan are also related to broadband universal service debates. The US National Broadband Plan was released by the FCC in March 2010. The agency started the process of ...
Republicans in the United States Congress and at the FCC, and cable and telephone companies were expected to oppose the regulations necessary to make the broadband plan work. Network neutrality, for example, would require broadband providers to allow competitors to use their lines for telephone service, streaming video and other online services ...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it was opening a formal inquiry into why broadband providers cap data use by some customers, and how it impacts ...
3. Whether the combination of Congress's conferral of authority on the FCC and the FCC's delegation of administrative responsibilities to the administrator violates the nondelegation doctrine; and 4. Whether this case is moot in light of the challengers' failure to seek preliminary relief before the 5th Circuit.
The Lifeline Program, another FCC program making phone and internet access more affordable, offers a monthly benefit up to $9.25 off the cost of phone, internet or bundled services. If you live on ...