PSC creates fund supporting rural local telephone service

PSC creates fund supporting rural local telephone service

by Rick Seltzer

8/16/2012 2:46:00 PM

The New York State Public Service Commission moved today to set up a State Universal Service Fund (SUSF) that will provide four years of funding to keep residential local telephone service available in the state’s high-cost rural areas.

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