Universal Service Fund Fee Jumps to 11.3%

摘要

The Universal Service Fund fee your enterprise pays on interstate and international voice services rose to 11.3% for the second quarter of 2008, the FCC announced March 14.The rate increase breaks the downward trend in USF fees for the previous three quarters. The 11.3% fee is the highest USF contribution factor since the third quarter of last year, and is only slightly lower than the highest rate in recent history -11.7% in the second quarter of 2007.The Universal Service Administrative Company adjusts the contribution rate quarterly depending on the needs of Universal Service programs, which subsidize phone service for low-income consumers, rural health care providers, schools, libraries and residents in regions of the country where carriers incur high costs to provide service.