The FCC had it right with the Computer Inquiries Acts several years ago. The telco and ISP functions had to be seperate entities and their could be no cross subsidization. Somewhere along the time that ISP's and internet became big buisness, all that went to heck in a hand basket.
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:57:59 -0700 >Just because the government will pay for it in no way makes it a good idea >:-). > >Chuck is good at working the system as it exists for his industry. I can't >fault him (too much) for that. I wish I were in a similar situation. > >My frustration isn't that USF exists as much as it is that USF is being used >to give my competitor a government backed competitive advantage. A huge one >at that. >marlon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Blake Bowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:33 AM >Subject: Re: [WISPA] gotta love USF!!!! > > >> Chucks business knowledge has proven to be right on so far, >> I suspect you don't have a clue about the situation and therefore >> posted mindless babble.... >> >> >> Don't take your organs to heaven, >> heaven knows we need them down here! >> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brian Rohrbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] gotta love USF!!!! >> >> >>> If you are running a hundred miles of fiber for 30 people you are not >>> right in the head....... >>> >>> >>> >>> Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: >>> It is a cost recovery mechanism. I got audited by USAC this year to >>> prove >>> that the USF we receive is to cover the costs of providing the service. >>> But >>> think how expensive it is to run a hundred miles of fiber and put in a >>> class >>> 5 switch to serve 30 or 50 customers. >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Dial-Up Internet service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $9.99/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
