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The Mo. PSC ordered a new phone bill surcharge to cover a newly i...

The Mo. PSC ordered a new phone bill surcharge to cover a newly implemented state universal service fund. The fee, set at 0.18% of combined charges for local and long distance service, is expected to generate about $2.7 million…

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annually. The fee will support a fund that subsidizes qualifying low-income customers’ state local service subsidy up to $3.50 monthly on top of federal universal service subsidies. At least 40 other states have state universal service funds to supplement federal support.