House Commerce Releases USF Data

The House Commerce Committee released data submitted by the Federal Communications Commission in response to the Committee’s June 22, 2011 letter asking for an update to last year’s request for information concerning the Universal Service Fund (USF) programs.

The FCC provided: a state-by-state list of total USF disbursements for each of the four USF programs; a list of states that have state USF funds; a state-by-state list of CETCs; an updated list of the top ten recipients of high-cost support for 2008, 2009, and 2010; an updated list of the ten incumbent service areas that received the largest per-line high-cost support in 2008, 2009, and 2010; a list of the ten incumbent service areas that received the largest amount of total high-cost support in 2008, 2009, and 2010; an updated list of the ten incumbent service areas with the most ETCs in 2008, 2009, and 2010; total amount of low-income support disbursed for 2008, 2009, and 2010 for each program, nationally and on a state-by-state basis; and a list of the top ten recipients of low-income support for 2008, 2009, and 2010.