FCC vote paves way for budget cap on all universal-service broadband programs

The Federal Communications Commission has preliminarily voted to cap spending on the FCC’s Universal Service programs, which deploy broadband to poor people and to rural and other underserved areas. Pai’s plan, as we previously reported, would set a combined cap of $11.4 billion on the four programs that make up the Universal Service Fund (USF). FCC Republican Commissioner Michael O’Rielly defended the combined cap for all Universal Service programs.

Source: arstechnica.com