FEDERAL-STATE UNIVERSAL SERVICE JOINT BOARD STAFF RELEASES MONITORING REPORT
"The staff of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service has
released its most recent Monitoring Report on Universal Service. This report reflects
information on the telephone industry filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through June 2008. This report, with a few exceptions, reflects data filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by the telephone industry for the year 2007 and prior years.

The report released today addresses the various universal service support
mechanisms, which amounted to about $7 billion in 2007. In 2007, disbursements
among the four categories of universal service mechanisms were: 61.6% for high-cost support; 26.0% for schools and libraries support; 11.8% for low-income support; and 0.5% for rural health care support."