What does USF stand for?

For example, if the federal government extended federal universal service fund (USF) subsidies to broadband, it would facilitate broadband deployment to areas where it may be otherwise uneconomical to offer service.

Among those is the idea that the Universal Service Fund (USF) will play an integral role in deployment of ubiquitous broadband.

ISLAMABAD , September 28, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Telenor Pakistan has become the country's first telco to have completed a Universal Service Fund project -- and that too before time.

We need your help to notify the FCC to prevent any changes in its rules that would reduce the Universal Service Fund (USF) support payments for your telephone service.

We conducted an Internet-based survey of state regulatory commissions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to better understand the similarities and differences in states' roles in the high-cost program, including questions about the state's process to determine carrier eligibility to participate in the program and annually certify carriers use of program funds, the state's internal control procedures for ensuring funds are being used appropriately, and the state's universal service fund, if any.

Expand the Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution base requiring all communications providers to equitably invest in the fund, thereby reducing--by almost half the percentage consumers are billed each month for USF.

FCC has proposed to change the Universal Service Fund long-distance phone bill tax from a percentage of long-distance use to a flat tax on all telephone lines.

But certainly, Essential Air Service (guaranteed air service for underserved populations) issues are right out there in front of us, and the Universal Service Fund for communications.