CommLaw Monitor
It's Official: First Quarter 2012 USF Contribution Factor Rises to a Record High 17.9 Percent
As we warned over a week ago, the USF contribution factor is rising to a new record high of 17.9%. The Commission made it official late today, releasing this Public Notice announcing the new contribution factor for…
USF Factor to Rise to 17.9%, Will This Finally Lead to Contribution Reform?
This is starting to sound like a broken record. Once again, the USF contribution factor is poised to make a big jump upward to a new record high. Once again, we wonder here whether this will finally be the time that…
USF Contribution Factor Again Tops 15%
Today the FCC announced the proposed universal service contribution factor for the fourth quarter of 2011. Based in large part on recently revised projections showing an increase in low income demand (largely due to…
USF Roller Coaster: First Quarter Contribution Factor to be 15.5%
One month ago, we reported on Universal Service demand levels that suggested a significant increase in the USF Contribution Factor. Yesterday, the revenue figures came in low. As a result, the 1Q 2011 contribution…
USF Roller Coaster, Part 2: Contribution Factor Predicted to Return to Nearly 15 Percent
As we have covered in this blog (see here and here ), the Universal Service Fund contribution factor has bounced between 12 and 15 percent for the past year or so. Yesterday, telecommunications consultant Billy Jack…