Big tech companies should pay into the Universal Service Fund, said Stankey, in a speech about AT&T BEAD recommendations.
USTelecom, the Fiber Broadband Association, and NTCA were among those filing comments to inform an FCC broadband report.
USTelecom wants to fund the ACP through USF and expand the USF contribution base. A proposed Senate bill suggests the same thing.
If proposed Net Neutrality plans are adopted, broadband revenues won’t count toward the Universal Service Fund contribution base.
The Nebraska broadband auction awarded funding originally intended for Frontier and Windstream from the state’s universal service fund.
Among the key broadband developments for the year: AI, E-ACAM, cableco funding wins, satellite-to-cellphone, quantum networks and