My brother got on my email! I need to log out/lock the computer when I step away.
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Jack Unger <jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: > Philip, > > I don't know if you are being serious or sarcastic with your comment to > "vote them out of life" but IMO your comment is both ridiculous and > irresponsible. I ask that you try to contribute in a more responsible > fashion to this list. > > jack > > > Philip Dorr wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Chuck Bartosch <ch...@clarityconnect.com> > wrote: > > > On Mar 6, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Scottie Arnett wrote: > > > > And to add, I thought the Broadband Stimulus was to make more broadband > available. The telco's have everything already handed to them and have not > done it in years. Now the gov't wants to make this available only to one > provider in a given area? Who do you think will get that? WTH? I think we > need to vote every elected person out of office now! Oh wait, money talks! > > > They just get replaced by someone else who does the same thing for > essentially the same reasons (ie, our political system doesn't reward them > for taking care of folks like us, essentially). So what's the point of > bothering to vote them out of office? > > > Instead we should vote them and the companies that pay them out of life. > > > > Chuck > > > > > Scottie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 14:50:17 -0500 > > > > As a WISP, I resent the idea that my tax dollars may be used to compete with > me. > As a taxpayer, at what point will the government realize we cant > afford all this? > -RickG > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Marco Coelho <coelh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > FCC to propose revamping Universal Service Fund > AP > > > By JOELLE TESSLER, AP Technology Writer Joelle Tessler, Ap Technology > Writer – Fri Mar 5, 5:25 pm ET > > WASHINGTON – Federal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet > connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government > program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas. > > The Federal Communications Commission will include a proposal to > revamp the Universal Service Fund as part of a national broadband plan > due to Congress on March 17. Although the proposal itself has been > expected for months, Friday's announcement offered the first solid > details. > > The FCC said it envisions transforming the Universal Service program > over the next decade to pay for high-speed Internet access instead of > the traditional voice services that it currently finances. The > proposal would create a Connect America fund inside the Universal > Service program to subsidize broadband, and a Mobility Fund to expand > the reach of so-called 3G, or third-generation, wireless networks. > > "It's time to migrate this 20th-century program," said Blair Levin, > the FCC official overseeing the broadband plan, which was mandated by > last year's stimulus bill. "We need to move the current system from > the traditional networks to the new networks." > > The Universal Service Fund was established to ensure that all > Americans have access to a basic telephone line. Today, the program > subsidizes phone service for the poor, funds Internet access in > schools and libraries and pays for high-speed connections for rural > health clinics. But its biggest function is to bring telephone service > to remote, sparsely populated corners of the country, where it is > uneconomical for the private companies to build networks. > > Funding for the $8-billion-a-year program comes from a surcharge that > businesses and consumers pay on their long-distance bills. That > revenue base is shrinking, placing the Universal Service Fund under > mounting pressure even as the FCC seeks to use it to subsidize > broadband. > > The agency's plan will lay out several options to pay for the > proposals it outlined Friday, including one that would require no > additional money from Congress and one that would accelerate the > construction of broadband networks if Congress approves a one-time > injection of $9 billion. > > Either way, Levin stressed, the proposal would not increase the annual > size of the Universal Service Fund, but rather would take money from > subsidies now used for voice services. > > The FCC would also seek to save money by subsidizing no more than one > broadband provider in an areas. Some critics of the program have > complained that wireless companies now overlay landline systems with > new networks considered duplicative. > > Levin said Connect America would not favor one technology over > another, be it cable, DSL or wireless. > > The FCC proposal also envisions revamping the multibillion-dollar > "intercarrier compensation" system, the Byzantine menu of charges that > telecom carriers pay to access each other's networks and connect > calls. Any changes to the Universal Service Fund would also require > changes to intercarrier compensation because rural phone companies > tend to rely heavily on both funding sources. > > The FCC's latest proposals will be part of a sweeping national roadmap > for bringing universal, affordable broadband connections to all > Americans. > > Although the plan is due on March 17, the agency has already begun > releasing details, including a proposal to make more wireless spectrum > available for mobile broadband connections by letting television > broadcasters and others voluntarily cede some airwaves. > > Some of the proposals will likely require congressional action, while > others might be up to the FCC to implement. > > Yahoo article: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fcc_universal_service;_ylt=AgSGtpiLKKQbXooR3LKvT.cPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzNGcwMmcyBGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDEwMDMwNS9hcF9vbl9oaV90ZS91c190ZWNfZmNjX3VuaXZlcnNhbF9zZXJ2aWNlBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl90b21ic3RvbmUEc2xrA2ZjY3RvcHJvcG9zZQ-- > > -- > Marco C. 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