[VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021

[Carlos Alvarez]

Or just politics and payoffs?  Ironically, we are seeing far more
inexpensive options coming up, such as Starlink, yet also growing the taxes
to serve them?

Has any organization/tax been removed when it was no longer needed:  Eg:
Spanish-American war and telecom tax...


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 8:04 AM Adam Moffett <adam at plexicomm.net> wrote:

> I don't have any inside info on that, but the purpose of USF is to
> subsidize service in high cost areas (usually rural).
> So either there are more services needing subsidies or fewer services
> paying in or some combination of both.
>
> Q2 2021 – 33.4%
> Q1 2021 – 31.8%
> Q4 2020 – 27.1%
> Q3 2020 – 26.5%
> Q2 2020 – 19.6%
> Q1 2020 – 21.2%
> Q4 2019 – 25.0%
> Q3 2019 – 24.4%
> Q2 2019 – 18.8%
> Q1 2019 – 20.0%
> Q4 2018 – 20.1%
> Q3 2018 – 17.9%
> Q2 2018 – 18.4%
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Peter Beckman" <beckman at angryox.com>
> To: "VoiceOps" <voiceops at voiceops.org>
> Sent: 6/10/2021 12:15:16 AM
> Subject: [VoiceOps] USF is 33.4% for 2Q2021
>
> >Um. Wow. This is crazy. Why is it 33.4%???
> >
> >2 years ago it was 18.8%. This is DOUBLE!
> >
> >Will it stop increasing? Go back down? Are we doomed?
> >
> >Beckman
>
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