Telephone subsidization of rural areas in the USA

Joseph P. Fuhr

Telecommunications Policy, 1990, vol. 14, issue 3, 183-188

Abstract: This Comment puts under scrutiny the structure of the rural telephone industry in the USA and the subsidies which rural telephone companies and their customers have received and continue to receive. The current system of subsidizing rural telephone subscribers is inefficient and inequitable, the author finds. He examines the future of the rural telephone companies in the light of the regulatory changes that have occurred, and outlines some public policies which would help achieve universal service and improve equity and efficiency.

Date: 1990
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