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Supreme Court takes up dispute over FCC fund that subsidizes telecom services in rural areas

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The Supreme Court says it will review the Universal Service Fund .

The fund is used to fund programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.

It was created by Congress in 1996 as part of an overhaul of the Communications Act of 1934 .

The 5th Circuit ruled in July that the fund is a tax on consumers.

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English

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73

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