We are still forbidden to cross subsidize. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scottie Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] gotta love USF!!!!
> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
