Publication Type: Statement
Date: 3/5/2010CONTACT: Rob Stoddard/Brian Dietz, 202-222-2350
“We applaud today’s statements by members of the broadband team which recognize the need to transform the Universal Service Fund into a mechanism that supports broadband deployment and adoption without increasing the financial burden on American consumers. As NCTA has demonstrated, reducing unnecessary USF high-cost support in specific areas where competitors have entered without government subsidy will enable the Commission to redirect significant funding to areas that still lack any broadband access.”
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NCTA is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. The cable industry is the nation’s largest broadband provider of high-speed Internet access after investing more than $145 billion to build a two-way interactive network with fiber optic technology. Cable companies also provide state-of-the-art digital telephone service to more than 20 million American consumers.