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FCC Wireline Bureau proposed universal service contribution facto...

FCC Wireline Bureau proposed universal service contribution factor for 4th quarter that would remain unchanged from 3rd quarter -- 0.072805 -- because unused e- rate funds would be taken into consideration as Commission had directed earlier this year (CD…

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June 14 p3). Factor is based on ratio of projected universal service support costs to carriers’ end-user interstate and international telecom revenue. If unused e-rate funds weren’t applied to contribution base, factor would have been 0.093397, bureau said. Contribution factor is multiplied against carrier’s revenue to determine its payments. Proposed factor will go into effect if FCC doesn’t act by 14 days after bureau’s Sept. 10 announcement.