On 13 Mar 2007, at 20:31, Roland Dobbins wrote:
On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Daniel Senie wrote:
A universal service charge could be applied to all bills, with the
funds going to subsidize rural areas.
This is already done in the U.S., to no discernible effect.
That isn't *quite* the opinion that AT&T have ...
... http://gigaom.com/2007/02/07/atts-free-call-bill-2-million/
Although that is people using the rural kickback as a loophole to
provide free telephony to people outside the area.. still shows that
regulation always comes with an unexpected effect when times,
technology and ideas advance.
Cheers
-a
