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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