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Title

  • Main Title Universal Service Fund: Background and Options for Reform

Creator

  • Author: Gilroy, Angele A.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Telecommunications Policy

Publisher

  • 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

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL33979
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL33979_2010Mar11
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc503469
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