Anyone have a link to the proposal? I understand that there are loopholes for small utilities.
Jerry From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Radabaugh Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] the future of being an ISP Ok, since I sort of started this… I posted something similar on my personal Facebook page and corrected it later in the day. I didn’t really expect it to take on a life of it’s own. The video of the house hearing is here: http://www.c-span.org/video/?323888-1/hearing-open-internet Mark On Jan 21, 2015, at 10:30 PM, Brett A Mansfield <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Is there a link or anything to see the details? Thank you, Brett A Mansfield On Jan 21, 2015, at 6:02 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: This posted on the facebook page of Athena Broadband of TN today: Chairman Powell of the FCC plans to reclassify the Internet as a regulated utility on Feb 26th. The chairman has confirmed in a house hearing today that USF fees WILL apply to Internet service. The current USF collection rate is 16.8% and adjusts automatically depending on how much money the government spends. If the FCC does this everyone's bill is going up by at least 16.8%. Be on the lookout as we may need your help again supporting our cause in DC against these types of actions! Looks like i've confirmed most the points of this post: * Unless we REALLY make some noise, we are probably being reclassified as a utility (title II). Yuk * Folks screaming on the radio tonight (talk radio) - internet bills go up by 16.8%. Comments? How do we break this to our customers? When will it take effect? How do we stop it? Can we stop it? How will you answer customer questions about this? _______________________________________________ Members mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members
