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 <a...@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" <beck...@angryox.com> > To: "VoiceOps" <voiceops@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 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Peter Beckman Internet > Guy > >beckman@angryox.comhttp://www.angryox.com/ > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ > >VoiceOps mailing list > >VoiceOps@voiceops.org > >https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > VoiceOps@voiceops.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops >
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