James Kaplan
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:39:57 -0800
I've spent years blue in the face on M Street. An NPRM is an inevitable. To that, parties to be affected must be heard in the comments and replies. Availability and cost concerns from a handful of citizens won't be noticed. Only large numbers of tax paying groups and cash rich corporations are considered.
--kaplan sent from my android! On Feb 17, 2010 8:32 PM, "marbux" <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Alan <eug...@thebucks.net> wrote: > And I presume we pay for this ... Nah, we'll give them some more. :-) But seriously, some of it will apparently be funded by the telecoms, according to the FCC Rural Broadband Report. pp. 56-57: "To implement the universal service goals outlined in the 1996 Act, the Commission established the High-Cost Program, the Low-Income Program, the E-rate Program, and the Rural Health Care Program. The universal service programs are funded by contributions from telecommunications carriers providing interstate telecommunications services and from certain other providers of interstate telecommunications. While the universal service programs have primarily been focused on ensuring the availability of telecommunications services, the Commission has made efforts to expand broadband availability through universal service policies and is considering how to reform the programs to further expand broadband availability." No guarantee the FCC reforms won't be blocked or neutered by the telecoms, of course. Best regards, Paul -- Universal Interoperability Council <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> _____________... EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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