ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
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Re: waiting for the other shoe to fall...
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. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL
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| 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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unoriginal
join:2000-07-12
San Diego, CA
| »www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib···lar.html
The CA Utilities Commission cut the rural fund charge, but then raised the overall monthly service total by 25c/mo instead.
Also "Among those who have lobbied for the reduction or elimination of the surcharges are cable television providers. Since phone companies can use the money for anything they want, the cable companies argue, it could be used to provide competing television services." |
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cwire
join:2007-06-07
Bedford, KY
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while talking to a local public schools I.T. man, we began discussing the price of the ds-3 that the school system was purchasing from at&t. the price he told me seemed really low to me, so i asked how this could be. he said that the school only pays 25% of it's at&t bill, and the rest of the money, 75% to be exact comes from the usf fund. i don't know if this is how it is set up for all school systems, but that 75% funding seems like it could take a big chunk of usf money. |
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batterup
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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| said by cwire :while talking to a local public schools I.T. man, we began discussing the price of the ds-3 that the school system was purchasing from at&t. the price he told me seemed really low to me, so i asked how this could be. he said that the school only pays 25% of it's at&t bill, and the rest of the money, 75% to be exact comes from the usf fund. i don't know if this is how it is set up for all school systems, but that 75% funding seems like it could take a big chunk of usf money. The USF only goes to the great-unwashed. New Jersey gets ZERO. |
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inteller
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join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to supergirl
THAT is horseshit. Are you so naive to think that RBOCs don't operate in rural areas? They get TONS of USF money.
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