Abstract The FCC universal service support fund's revenue base has been shrinking while the payouts have risen. As a result, the contribution factor, an ad valorem tax on the revenue base, rose from 16.7% in 2017 to 21.2% in 2020. We propose two solutions to the funding problem: A near-term funding reform proposal that widens the revenue base by replacing the current definition of assessable services (interstate and international) with a more inclusive definition of all communication services that have a telecommunications component. A longer-term strategy is to expand the revenue base to include basic utility network revenues. This proposal assumes that it is cost effective to develop one physical broadband network (landline and wireless) in high-cost areas and use the latest software-defined technologies to allow utilities to either split the physical network's functionalities into independent or cooperative virtual networks.

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电信和宽带服务普遍接入资金改革：新十年的方法

摘要 FCC 普遍服务支持基金的收入基础一直在萎缩，而支出却在增加。因此，贡献系数，即对收入基础征收的从价税，从 2017 年的 16.7% 上升到 2020 年的 21.2%。我们提出了两种解决资金问题的方案： 一项扩大收入基础的近期资金改革建议将当前的可评估服务（州际和国际）定义替换为包含电信组件的所有通信服务的更具包容性的定义。一个长期战略是扩大收入基础以包括基本的公用事业网络收入。