patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by hottboiinnc:and if you take this money away from carriers that only focus on the rural areas what is going to happen? They'll go under and we'll be bailing them out or ATT will be moving in and they'll end up with dial-up due to ATT wouldn't want to support anything else. The USF should ONLY be for Rural Carriers that service rural areas. And the telco's shouldnt decide what is rural and what is not. Simple, turn all the carriers into non-profits/co-ops, and stop USF payments to anything without a 501(c) designation, no dividends, no stock, limit "director" compensation to 200K a year, and mandate a per nonprofit carrier trust fund for capital improvement/expansion. Another idea force carriers to issue stock/shares to subscribers and only subscribers, prevent stock issue/bonuses/options to any employees of the carrier, there is no incentive for profit now, just breaking even, all profit would either lower rates, or go towards capital improvements.
Telecom companies are just a business, telecom is a means to an end, they have no incentive to do anything pro-network or pro-consumer unless motive for profit. |
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