![]() The Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the traditional goal of universal service to include increased access to both telecommunications and advanced services – such as high-speed Internet – for all consumers at just, reasonable and affordable rates. Today, the FCC recognizes high-speed Internet as the 21 st Century’s essential communications technology, and is working to make broadband as ubiquitous as voice, while continuing to support voice service. Since that time, universal service policies have helped make telephone service ubiquitous, even in remote rural areas. Universal service is a cornerstone of the law that established the FCC, the Communications Act of 1934. ![]() Universal service is also the name of a fund and the category of FCC programs and policies to implement this principle. Universal service is the principle that all Americans should have access to communications services.
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