John T
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Re: have their cake and eat it too
From what I can tell from this, AT&T and Verizon are trying to stop or decrease the slush fund. Much of the "slush fund" consists of termination fees that AT&T and Verizon pay to the small telcos each time a call is terminated in the rural areas. By regulation, the small telcos get a much higher per minute fee.
The big guys seem to be arguing that the payments that they make to the rural telcos should be decreased and brought closer in line to the standard fees. So, yeah, they are arguing that it should be stopped. Unsurprisingly, really-- a lot of the USF funds consist of taking money from Verizon and AT&T and giving it to the rural telcos. Of course, Verizon and AT&T pass much of the fees on to their own customers. |
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From what I can tell from this, AT&T and Verizon are trying to stop or decrease the slush fund.
You repeat this six times in these comments, but it's just not accurate. They want a bigger share of the "slush fund" pie, and could care less about seeing the system managed properly or the payouts reduced. Again, unless you'd like to try and sell me on the idea that a telco lobbyist and PR man like Tauke is really interested in philathropy and not pleasing investors.... |
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en102
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Valencia, CA | I agree - what company would say no to free money. |
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