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The Federal Universal Service Fund subsidizes telephone service in rural and low-income areas. On June 21, 2006, the FCC voted unanimously to require all interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services that connect to the public-switched telephone network to contribute to this Fund (USF). This tax changes every quarter.
