The Universal Service Fund (”USF”). Hmm, what’s that? Well, it’s been a fiesty little charge that’s on my cellular and telephone bill for a very long time. It amounts to a significant amount - an amount that’s always just annoyed me. First of all, the USF has been around since the early days of the telephone industry as a fund to provide for expansion into remote and rural areas of the country, including Alaska. Made sense then, today, I don’t think so.

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