Consumers in 12 states would be hardest hit by a proposal before ...
Consumers in 12 states would be hardest hit by a proposal before the FCC to move to a numbers-based system for contributing to the Universal Service Fund, the Keep USF Fair Coalition said Thurs. The coalition said consumer bills…
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would go up the most in Cal., Fla., Ill., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.Y., O., Pa., Tex. and Va. In all of those states except Tex. and Minn. “consumers already pay more in federal USF taxes than their states get back for schools, hospitals and rural connectivity and that disparity would grow even wider” under the plan supported by FCC Chmn. Martin, the group said. Tex. and Minn. would move from being USF “winners,” taking in more USF funding than paying out, to being USF “losers,” the coalition said.