Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide
Broadband Breakfast
MAY 15, 2025
The FCC’s USF Fund was initially designed as a ratepayer cross-subsidy program to ensure all Americans had access to telephone service. The USF Fund contributed significantly to increasing telephone service coverage from less than 50% of occupied housing units in the 1940s, to 78.3% in 1960, to 90.5% in 1970, to 92.9%
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