 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
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Re: Obama wants more rural broadband thru USF fees said by pnh102:said by Zorack:I don't think anything by McPain is any better. Why should people expect the government to provide them with internet to begin with? Perhaps because the people already paid for it...??
From the document:
You're owed money. We estimate that you are owed over $2000.00 per household for a fiber optic broadband network service you have yet to receive and for other overcharging from your local Bell phone company — SBC, Verizon, BellSouth and US West. It is impossible to tell the exact amount in your state without audits.
This is the true tale of one of the largest scandals in US history.
We will attempt to show how America entrusted the phone companies with our fiber optic Digital Future and we were taken to the cleaners. It not only cost you and everyone you know a significant sum of money, but it has also harmed our entire economy. It is the reason America is not first in broadband in the world but 12th or 16th, depending on which international agency’s data you believe.
We estimate that the failed fiber optic deployments have cost America over $206 billion in higher phone rates, tax breaks and other financial perks to the phone companies, and it has cost the American economy an estimated $500 billion annually in loss of new growth — so far a total of about $5 trillion.
It is a tale of deceit, fraudulent data and gaming the regulatory system using fake consumer groups, biased research firms and campaign-financed politicians to control everything from the FCC, to Congress, to the state legislatures and commissions to vote for phone company-financed laws that are not in the public interest.
Read on...
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