The La. Supreme Court upheld the monthly phone line fee used to s...
The La. Supreme Court upheld the monthly phone line fee used to support the state universal service fund, ruling that the assessment isn’t a tax and is something the PSC can impose. The court was ruling on a T-Mobile…
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appeal of the phone line fee, which must be collected by all telecom carriers including wireless. The court said the assessment isn’t a tax, because it’s used exclusively for a telecom- related public policy purpose. The PSC established the state universal service fund in 2004 after learning of small towns in the state that couldn’t get phone service. The fund offers support to extend landline or wireless service to unserved towns where construction costs exceed $1,500 per line, and to support high-cost areas across the state.