CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

USF Factor to Rise to 17.9%, Will This Finally Lead to Contribution Reform?

This is starting to sound like a broken record. Once again, the USF contribution factor is poised to make a big jump upward to a new record high. Once again, we wonder here whether this will finally be the time that…

USF Roller Coaster: First Quarter Contribution Factor to be 15.5%

One month ago, we reported on Universal Service demand levels that suggested a significant increase in the USF Contribution Factor. Yesterday, the revenue figures came in low. As a result, the 1Q 2011 contribution…

USF Roller Coaster, Part 2: Contribution Factor Predicted to Return to Nearly 15 Percent

As we have covered in this blog (see here and here ), the Universal Service Fund contribution factor has bounced between 12 and 15 percent for the past year or so. Yesterday, telecommunications consultant Billy Jack…

Could the USF Contribution Factor Top 15%?

The Universal Service Contribution factor has been increasing recently, but could it top 15%? That is the prediction of Billy Jack Gregg, an analyst who studies the USF fund. If it does, the cries for USF reform should…