June 22, 2006

Net Phone Service Providers Are Told to Pay Subsidy Fee - New York Times

Net Phone Service Providers Are Told to Pay Subsidy Fee - New York Times

It's the right thing to do for all providers to pay into the Universal Service Fund. The technology shouldn't matter. If a provider connects to the public switched network to provide voice services, they should contribute.

At the same time the growth of the fund should be constrained so as to minimize the subsidies to levels that are essential. In other words, the fund should not grow by the amount of the new contributions. Existing contributors should pay less.

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