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House updates Universal Service Fund to include broadband and wireless providers
Summary
The House passed a fifth substitute to SB 130 to modernize the Universal Service Fund so it captures wireless and internet-based voice services; sponsor said the Public Service Commission will set rates and the estimated impact should be less than $0.10 per connection per month. Vote: 74-0.
The House approved fifth substitute Senate Bill 130, updating Utah’s Universal Service Fund so it better reflects modern communications technology and continues subsidizing service in rural areas.
Representative Gibson, the House sponsor, said the fund—established in 1997—was originally tied to in-state long-distance and copper-wire phone service and needs adjustment because communications now include wireless…
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