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title: "FCC Proposes $284,250 Fine for Failure to Pay USF"
date: 2010-05-07T06:00:00-04:00
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# FCC Proposes $284,250 Fine for Failure to Pay USF

 May 7, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

On May 6, 2010, the FCC issued a [Notice of Apparent Liability to NTS Communications, Inc. ](http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-78A1.pdf)for failure to pay universal service contributions. The NAL is the [second large fine ](http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-48A1.pdf)for failure to pay USF proposed in a little over a month.

The NAL follows the Commissions prior practice of assessing USF fines at **$20,000 per month** for failures to pay USF invoices and **$10,000 per month** for partial payments of USF invoices. Both fines are subject to an **upward** **adjustment** equal to one-half of the amount of USF that was unpaid.

For example, in the NTS case, the Commission concludes that NTS failed to pay two invoices ($40,000 total), made only partial payments on twelve occasions ($120,000) and assessed an upward adjustment of $124,250 representing approximately one-half of the highest amount of unpaid USF.

 

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