The government's aim, starting in the 1930s, of providing phone service to all, regardless of distance from the switch or ability to pay Today, universal service encompasses those aims, plus a subsidy to public schools, libraries and rural health care facilities for telecom services (Back to top )
The notion that everyone in every part of the country gets the same type of mail service for the same price
The public policy goal that Congress first mandated in the 1934 Communications Act to make telephone service widely available at affordable prices
The level of basic electric service that should be available to all people, regardless of their ability to pay, at reasonable and affordable prices
The vision that residential phone service can be priced so low that anyone in the U S can afford it This has been the reason that local business service is priced higher, even though the service is the same
Electricity is an essential service As such, it is important for this service to be available to all consumers In a competitive market, it is possible that no provider will seek to serve less attractive customers (presumably those that utilize little energy or are located in remote, costly to serve areas) Universal service is the concept that all consumers should be guaranteed the right to service In the telephone industry deregulation, universal service was guaranteed through assessment of a fee on all retail consumers
Policies, protections and services that help low-income customers maintain electric service
The concept of making basic local telephone service (and, in some cases, certain other telecommunications and information services) available at an affordable price to all people within a country or specified jurisdictional area
The concept of ensuring the provision of basic postal or telecommunications services to all citizens at a reasonable cost
Electric service sufficient for basic needs available to all members of the population regardless of income
(See 649) Any service that is available worldwide For example, many people consider the telephone to be a universal service Any service that is available worldwide For example, many people consider the telephone to be a universal service
- The concept that every individual within a country should have basic telephone service available at an affordable price The concept varies, among countries, from having a telephone in every home and business in the wealthier countries to most inhabitants' being within a certain distance or time away from a public telephone in developing countries
Electric service sufficient for basic needs (an evolving bundle of basic services) available to virtually all members of the population regardless of income