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US Supreme Court to scrutinize Federal Communications Commission fund's legality (www.reuters.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Summary

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the legality of the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, which raises $9 billion annually to expand phone and internet access.

The 5th Circuit Court previously ruled the fund unconstitutional.

It held that Congress improperly delegated legislative power to the FCC and that the FCC unlawfully transferred authority to a private company, the Universal Service Administrative Company.

The FCC defends the fund as lawful, citing congressional authorization. A decision is expected by June, amid heightened scrutiny of federal agency powers.

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[–] atzanteol 3 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Expansion is only profitable if there are enough customers to justify the infrastructure costs and people are willing to pay the costs for it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (4 children)

They already got billions in subsidies for this very purpose.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I believe it's more than half a trillion total at this point. We were supposed to have nationwide fiber since the 90s and we still mostly don't have the country covered. WTF did they do with all that money?

[–] phdepressed 4 points 6 days ago

Paid themselves to "look into it" then expanded to one more house than before.

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