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Nearly 3 million homes in Texas do not have access to high-speed internet.
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Nearly 3 million homes in Texas do not have access to high-speed internet.
Your next phone bill may increase and unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it. A surcharge on phone bills will be rising to help pay for the $210
Your phone bill is going to get a little bit higher. A court ordered the Public Utility Commission to replenish the universal service fund to the tune of $250 million dollars. That fund helps pay for service in the state's rural areas. Mark Seale, Executive Director of the Texas Telephone Associatio
The rate increase will help replenish a state fund to maintain and operate cellphone networks in rural Texas. A court determined the state’s Public Utility Commission needed to restore $200 million in overdue money to the fund.
If you live in Texas, you will soon be seeing your phone bills increase, here is why.