Question 1. What are Universal Service Obligations?

Question 2. What is the rationale for USOs?

Question 3. Is there a difference between universal service and universal access?

Question 4. Which services should be defined within the scope of universal service or universal access?

Question 5. What is the digital divide?

Question 6. How can the financial viability of providing universal service/universal access be evaluated?

Question 7. How can market forces be used to solve the universal service problem?

Question 8. What is the net cost of universal service?

Question 9. What are the disadvantages of cross-subsidisation as a means of funding universal service?

Question 10. What is an access deficit charge? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an access deficit charge to fund universal service?

Question 11. What is a Universal Service Fund? How could the Universal Service Fund be funded?