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Subject: Re: Constitutionality of Universal Service Fund
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:52:01 -0000 (UTC)
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On Nov 13, 2024 at 11:43:21 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
wrote:

> Much of television is regulated by aspects of telecom law, and the
> Universal Service Fund subsidy is imposed on cable subscribers who
> receive telecom services from their cable company.
> 
> This is a massive fee imposed upon telephone subscribers that pays for
> rural telephone -- and these days broadband -- services. It's outrageous
> and a subsidy to land from people elsewhere in the country. To the
> extent that utilities must be subsidized in rural areas, tax land.
> 
> There's now a circuit split. Previously the Supreme Court had denied
> cert. Now, FCC has asked that the constitutionality of the Fund be
> upheld. I hope it dies. By some estimates, there are some estimates that
> the fee on the few remaining POTS subscribers could hit $75 monthly.
> 
>
> https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/11/fcc-asks-court-to-uphold-constitutionality-of-nationwide-rural-phone-and-internet-subsidies/

I vote to kill it.