 RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | USF? Is this money coming from USF that has been collected? |
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 FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | USF is not for this. |
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RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | said by FBGuy:USF is not for this.
I was under the impression that the use of the USF has been modified to include extending broadband coverage to rural areas?
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 MikePremium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
kudos:1 | Regardless it's DSL. No one cares about copper anymore. Fiber or go home. |
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FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to Rob
I thought USF was only leveraged against voice services and not data services. I've never paid it with broadband only service. |
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RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | said by FBGuy:I thought USF was only leveraged against voice services and not data services. I've never paid it with broadband only service.
I don't think they increased USF, but redirected the funds away from voice services to data services.
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RobIn Deo speramus.Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:3 | reply to Mike
said by Mike:Regardless it's DSL. No one cares about copper anymore. Fiber or go home.
Rural people do. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | reply to Mike
Depends on whether or not it's VDSL2. ADSL is becoming obsolete. |
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FBGuyPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to Rob
that is quite unfortunate. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to Mike
said by Mike:Regardless it's DSL. No one cares about copper anymore. Fiber or go home.
Not exactly. DSL remains a viable part of the equation, given the real costs of deploying fiber. Trouble is, as cheap as it is, subscribers still don't want it.
But you've overlooked the real underlying reason that the taxpayers are wasting $1K/household to subsidize DSL: it gives the socialists, anarchists, populists, Occupoos, Dems, and lets not forget our esteemed blogger, Karl, a ten-year extension on fighting the good fight, as they will continue to assail Frontier, et al, for not providing "faster broadband", whatever that is at the moment. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | reply to Rob
said by Rob:said by FBGuy:I thought USF was only leveraged against voice services and not data services. I've never paid it with broadband only service.
I don't think they increased USF, but redirected the funds away from voice services to data services. Rob is mostly correct, though USF fees have increased significantly starting around 2010.
»www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/connecting-america
Broadband has gone from being a luxury to a necessity for full participation in our economy and society – for all Americans. For that reason, the FCC has adopted comprehensive reforms of its Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) systems to accelerate broadband build-out to the 18 million Americans living in rural areas who currently have no access to robust broadband infrastructure. This reform will expand the benefits of high-speed Internet to millions of consumers in every part of the country by transforming the existing USF into a new Connect America Fund (CAF) focused on broadband.The fact of the matter is that the original goals of the USF were almost completely achieved years ago. Rather than end the chronically mismanaged USF, they (predictably) kept collecting the money to use elsewhere, because government programs never die. |
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 ThalerPremium
join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3
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said by Mike:Regardless it's DSL. No one cares about copper anymore. Fiber or go home.
Try living on satellite internet. You'll be begging for a 1.5 Mbps DSL in no time. |
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nice to know you speak for everyone. |
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agree... |
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