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Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research is a pending United States Supreme Court case about the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund under the nondelegation doctrine . [ 1 ]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) administers a universal service program, as authorized by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996.All telephone service customers in the United States pay a monthly fee, and the resulting Universal Service Fund is used by the FCC to subsidize discounts for financially disadvantaged subscribers, build network infrastructure in underserved areas ...
In 2019, the United States ranked 3rd in the world for the number of internet users (behind China and India), with 312.32 million users. [3] As of 2019, 90% of adults in America use the internet, either irregularly or frequently. [4] The United States ranks #1 in the world with 7,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) according to the CIA. [5]
The official definition of “broadband” in the US has changed, regulators have announced. ... The FCC raised its metrics from 4Mpbs download speeds to 25Mbps in 2015. Since then, politicians ...
Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plan to improve Internet access in the United States. The FCC was directed to create the plan by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 , and unveiled its plan on March 16, 2010.
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 ...
United States Telecom Association v. FCC, 825 F. 3d 674 (D.C. Cir., 2016), was a case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding an action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the previous year in which broadband Internet was reclassified as a "telecommunications service" under the Communications Act of 1934, after which Internet service providers (ISPs) were ...
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 ...