What is the Federal Universal Service Fee [FUSF]?
The Universal Service Fund charge is a surcharge collected from telecommunications carriers such as Verizon or SBC to support the federal Universal Service Fund. The Fund ensures that schools, libraries, rural hospitals, and other individuals have access to affordable telecommunications service. All communications providers must contribute to the fund based on revenue incurred during the previous year. Most carriers recover their Universal Service Fund charges from their customers in some form. The fee passed through to you depends on the fee assessed to SBC and is along with the services you have ordered. For additional information about this charge, contact the FCC at www.FCC.gov or call them at 1-888-225-5322 One other thing.. The FCC determines the rate in which you will be charged.. each quarter they post what the new rate will be.. SBC has committed to the above listed rates for this year.. if the rate of percentage increases within the year the rate increase will not be passed o
