41. The FCC needs to know how big the universal service fund should be, and what percentage of revenues the FCC should require all telecommunications providers to pay in. 42. The House bill has much more limited provisions on universal service. 43. The increases are going to a universal service fund, which will help protect the new marketing companies from uncollectable accounts. 44. The new law establishes a universal service fund into which all companies must contribute. 45. The opposition has proposed that after four years all carriers must provide a universal service. 46. The new law directs the FCC to form a federal-state joint board by next month to determine how to maintain universal service. 47. There are all kinds of issues underlying this, such as universal service. 48. Under the regulatory system in place for decades, Americans have been assured of affordable access to basic phone service, through the policy known as universal service. 49. Universal military service in France started during the Revolution. 50. Universal service should include a wide variety of choices for draftees. |