[VoiceOps] FUSF is 26.5% for Q3 2020: Discuss

[Collin Anderson]

USAC sets the contribution factor based on the needs of the USF programs.
There's a few articles out there about how market changes -- e.g. decrease
revenues -- have increased the rate. But these changes and their
justifications are public records:
https://www.usac.org/service-providers/making-payments/contribution-factors/

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:24 AM Carlos Alvarez <caalvarez at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm curious how this gets decided and changed.  Is it the FCC acting on
> its own?  Pushed by legislators or the white house?  Does anyone have a say
> in it?
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 7:20 AM Mike Hammett <voiceops at ics-il.net> wrote:
>
>> Slushfund out of the taxpayer's eyes.
>>
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Peter Beckman" <beckman at angryox.com>
>> *To: *"VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
>> *Sent: *Friday, August 21, 2020 10:15:54 PM
>> *Subject: *[VoiceOps] FUSF is 26.5% for Q3 2020: Discuss
>>
>> Holy Crap. Reviewing my bills for July -- FUSF jumped from 19.6% to 26.5%
>> !!!
>> For Q3 2020.
>>
>> 1Q 2009 was 9.5%.
>>
>> How much is being collected and what actually is this money going toward?
>> And WHY do they need such a high percentage?!?
>>
>> Discuss. (Or yell at me that this isn't the place, I couldn't find a
>> voiceops-discuss@)
>>
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*Collin David Anderson*
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