Editing Universal service (section)

==Efficiency==
As seen from the above, the number of potential customers increases as the number of people who can now afford it increases. However service providers need to be able to actually provide that service through their network. This build-out of network is also subsidized by funds like the High Cost Fund in the United States which is also provided for in the [[Telecommunications Act of 1996]].

Besides services to deprived areas, there is also a "[[Lifeline (FCC program)|Lifeline]]" program that subsidizes telephone service to low-income people regardless of location.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/lllu.html FCC Lifeline]</ref>