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The Rising Cost of the Universal Service Fund

2018 began with the not so great news that the upward trend of the USF contribution factor continued, and hit an all-time high of 19.5% – an enormous increase from the 3% when it was introduced in the late 1990’s.  This eye-popping number is going to impose a hefty fee […]

Security Breaches: 3 Things Every Enterprise Should Know

The exposure of millions of pieces of sensitive personal and corporate information happens at an alarming rate. No company, no matter how tech-savvy, is immune from the threat of a security breach – consider Uber, Equifax, Verizon, Yahoo and more. In this webinar LB3’s Kevin DiLallo and TC2’s Joe Schmidt […]

FREE MONEY (for the carriers)

The creation of the Universal Service Fund (USF), Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) (used to help pay for services that translate calls for those with hearing disabilities), and payphone surcharge unleashed a monster.  Carriers realized that by tagging a fee as a “regulatory” fee, they could add the fee to the […]

Seizing Control of Your Network Costs

In this session of our Staying Connected series, Andrew Brown, Managing Partner of LB3 and Chairman of TC2, and Ben Fox, Managing Director of TC2, discuss the upcoming conference that we will hold November 2 in New York City. This relevant and timely conference is focused on maintaining a best-in-class network […]

When a Supplier Transition Makes Sense

Enterprises often face a difficult choice – keep my incumbent supplier or migrate services to another provider. Change can be risky and your incumbent provider knows it. But sometimes, it makes sense to make a transition. Maybe your company is contemplating a network transformation, or you’re dissatisfied with the current […]