Proposals to fund universal service program on per-line basis (CD...
Proposals to fund universal service program on per-line basis (CD Nov 20 p1) would unfairly penalize low-volume users of long distance services, AARP told FCC in Nov. 16 ex parte letter. AARP said consumer who made no long distance…
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calls now paid average of 44 cents per month but proposal by coalition of long distance companies and business users would raise that to average of $1.25. Filing said 44% of consumers were low-volume users and 25% made no long distance calls. “On the other hand, the 20% of Americans who are high-volume users of long distance would see their bills decline from $2.59 to $1.90 on average,” organization said. AARP said it ideally would like system where there was no line item on bills because carriers would recover Universal Service Fund contributions as cost of business. Absent that change, “we support maintaining the existing system… based on a percentage of the cost of long distance phone calls a consumer makes,” AARP said.