At the WCA Wireless Policy Conference last week Amy Levine Legislative Counsel for the House Telecom Committee from Congressman Rick Boucher's office indicated that there will be a push to use the roughly $7.2B in unspent USF funds to fund BB service delivery in rural America -- the committee seems to be pushing hard for making broadband network build outs eligible for USF support. Others at the conference made statements such as "need to fix problems in USF ... support infrastructure versus services ... get a triple play capable network built" (sorry about the sketchy notes)
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Cliff Olle Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:30 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] As seen on Twitter Isn't the federal usf already 11.2 percent? -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:28 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] As seen on Twitter So he is suggesting that existing broadband consumers foot the $7billion bill via USF broadband taxes? I'd like to see what that fee calculates to. I bet the USF tax will be higher than the cost of broadband service. Clearly not in line with reducing costs of broadband for consumers. Does anyone know how much revenue USF brings in today? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [WISPA] As seen on Twitter > Recently I saw these comments made on Twitter and I was wondering if > anyone could track down some quotable sources for these. > > Rep Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) says that historically a $1 investment in broadband > yields a $10 return. So a $7.2B investment... > > NTIA's Larry Irving wants to see USF funds provide $7B ANNUALLY for > broadband. Says that the current $7.2 is a "down payment." > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
