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Title
- Main Title Universal Service Fund: Background and Options for Reform
Creator
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Author: Gilroy, Angele A.Creator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Specialist in Telecommunications Policy
Publisher
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Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2010-03-11
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: 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.
- Physical Description: 31 pages.
Subject
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Telecommunication
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Internet
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Technology
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Internet service providers
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Congressional Research Service ReportsCode: CRSR
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- CRS Report Number: RL33979
- Accession or Local Control No: RL33979_2010Mar11
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc503469