TMCnet.com reports:
“Before 1996, only long-distance providers paid fees into the USF.
“The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the types of companies required to contribute to the fund.
“Today, local telcos, wireless telcos, long-distance companies, international telcos and payphone providers all contribute to the fund.”
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These charmers are a recent discovery for me.
https://youtu.be/ajkLQ3RJrsY I procured a VCR for the purpose of digitizing some of my old VHS…
https://youtu.be/0tUj9-TonbY Starts at the Fordham Road subway, where one of the phones I looked at…
An unexpected payphone find in Ozone Park, Queens, led to a trip through its Streetview…