Universal Service Fund: Background and Options for Reform

Gilroy, Angele A.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Telecommunication;    Internet;    Technology;    Internet service providers;   

RP-ID  :  RL33979
RP-ID  :  RL33979_2008Sep15

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the idea that all Americans should be able to afford access to the telecommunications network; this is commonly called the "universal service concept" and can trace its origins back to the 1934 Communications Act.