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| Re: waiting for the other shoe to fall... said by ke4pym  :said by supergirl :Hate to say it, but the Telcos are really not getting any government support to build-out anymore. Really? What would you call the Universal Service Fee? Sure, it might not be line-itemed as build-out but they're getting gobs of government support at our expense. The USF goes to rural carriers not the RBOCs. If the Bells get any of it, it is very little. Forbes Magazine called the USF and outright ripoff that made rural carriers rich at the expense of everyone with a Bell. Forbes called for an end to the USF since the rural carriers were using the money for anything but telephone service including even building out cell and HSI networks. The money freed up so much cash at one rural teleco the telco refunded an entire year of charges to ALL its customers.
The Bells did complain that they should get some of the USF for their rural areas but not sure if they did.
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