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REPLY COMMENTS OF CONSUMERS UNION, CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA, FREE PRESS, AND NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION

Free Press, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, and New America Foundation submit these comments in response to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service’s request for input into the issue of long-term, comprehensive highcost universal service reform.

We approach this proceeding with a sharp focus on the principles of universal service as embodied in the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Our analysis… more