Affordable Connectivity funding coming to an end soon...
AT&T thinks that internet-based technology giants should contribute to a fund that subsidizes access to telecoms and broadband services in the US, and wants the Federal Communications Commission to force them to do so.
In practice, the USF spends about $8 billion a year, currently collected from surcharges on telephone bills, while consumer communications increasingly revolves around the internet. ACP had received $17 billion from Congress since 2020, but Efforts by the White House to secure an additional $6 billion were unsuccessful, Reuters said.
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