Universal Service Support by U.S. service provider 2008

The statistic depicts the Universal Services Support Payments received by service provider type in the United States. In 2008, Internet Service Providers were provided from Universal Service payments in amount of 107 million U.S. dollars.

Universal Service Payments received by service provider type in the United States in 2008 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)

Service Provider	Payments in 1,000 U.S. dollars
Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers	4,439,031
Wireless Providers**	1,653,537
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers***	452,692
Non-Traditional Providers*	302,419
Long Distance Providers****	121,774
Internet Service Providers	107,781
Other Providers	37,769

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Release date

September 2010

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United States

Survey time period

2008

Supplementary notes

Schools and libraries: Gross disbursements
* Non-traditional providers provide eligible software, hardware, and network devices.
** Wireless providers include cellular, PCS, SMR, wireless data and other mobile providers. All CETC disbursement from Low-Income are assigned to wireless providers.
*** Competitie local exchange carriers include competitive access providers, local resale, other local and shared tenant service providers. All CETC disbursement from Low-Income are assigned to wireless providers.
**** Long distance providers include interexchange, operator service, toll resale, pre-paid card and other toll providers.
Other providers' services include paging and messaging, payphone service provider, A38private service and satellite service.

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