Summary Box: FCC envisions using Universal Service funds to pay for broadband
By APFriday, March 5, 2010
Summary Box: FCC envisions subsidies for broadband
FROM PHONES TO BROADBAND: Federal regulators are proposing to expand broadband services by tapping a program that now subsidizes phone service in poor and rural areas.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: It’s part of an upcoming national broadband plan for bringing high-speed Internet to all Americans.
FUNDING SOURCES: The program, funded by a surcharge on long-distance bills, won’t expand in size. Rather, the funds would be allocated differently.
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