D.C. Memo: NTCA Exec Downplays Financial Hit If ISPs Pay Into USF

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Pax Romano: NTCA took the news hard when FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, backed by Free Press, refused to use the Net Neutrality rules as a vehicle for requiring Broadband ISPs to contribute to the $8.1 billion Universal Service Fund. NTCA EVP Mike Romano isn’t buying the FCC’s explanation that monthly broadband bills would soar if ISPs had to kick …