On 1/22/14, 1:44 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
Turns out that 66% by area and 17% by telephone customers of NM is
covered by coops and small companies. And they're utterly dependent
on the FCC Universal Service Fund to provide these services at
affordable prices. And the most recent changes to USF tilted the
rules to favor the big telecom companies.
That's too bad, but it isn't accurate to say that these small
communities are just sinks for federal resources. My folks, for
example, get dividend payments from their telephone/internet cooperative.
Marcus
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