""Talk about feeling like a 100,000-pound weight got lifted off your shoulders," Bloomfield said in an interview with Telecompetitor earlier this month."
""I was proud of the NTCA board for allocating the resources for us to intervene in that case and be a player. It's not something we've done in the past. But the NTCA board said, 'This is our north star.'""
""I was relieved and appreciative. Now we can take the next step for this industry instead of tying ourselves in knots arguing the constitutionality of Universal Service contributions over and over.""
""There are really good thinkers around that table," she said. "It's bipartisan, bicameral, and includes folks who represent rural areas. There's a really good composition of legislators.""
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund, providing relief to NTCA leadership and removing a recurring legal obstacle. NTCA intervened in the case with board approval to defend Universal Service and secure ongoing support for rural broadband. With the decision behind them, NTCA is focusing on collaborating with Congress's USF Working Group and the Federal Communications Commission to advance the fund's effectiveness. NTCA provides regular input to the Working Group, which includes bipartisan, bicameral representation and rural voices. NTCA advocates examining the role big tech companies should play in contributing to Universal Service funding.
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