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Does USF Reform Put RUS Loans at Risk of Default?
Aug 8, 2011
Loans recently made to small telcos by the
Rural Utilities Service
would no longer be “financially feasible” if the FCC caps the Universal Service fund, according to data filed by the RUS with the FCC last week. The telecom group of the RUS, part of the Department of Agriculture, has historically funded telecom and broadband network construction throughout rural America