Items Tagged with 'universal service administrative company'

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, which provides about $8 billion annually to defray the cost of broadband service for a wide range of entities, including rural hospitals. The court ruled 6-3 that the way the fund operates does not violate the "nondelegation doctrine."

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional.