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State USFs: In a move worth billions of dollars, the FCC in the new Net Neutrality rules decided at the last minute to ban states from requiring broadband ISPs to contribute to state Universal Service Funds (USFs). According to a 2018 survey by the National Regulatory Research Institute, 42 states and D.C. have USF programs. Sidelining states was FCC po…