last mile, regulatory incentives, etc

Fri Mar 23 05:53:49 UTC 2012

So do a quick research on USF and see who gets paid from it...

Please don't read this if you have just eaten.. you might puke ..

http://connectedplanetonline.com/commentary/real-story-usf-data-071510/

http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/PDFs/2011usf/ResponsetoQuestion1.pdf

If you have more time.. read these for your enjoyment..

http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=8737

Then one can understand how come folks like Century Tel can gobble up 
Qwest, Savvis, Sprint, and a few others rather quickly !!!

I believe the current USF contribution is about 19%  !!!

Faisal Imtiaz
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On 3/23/2012 1:37 AM, Randy Bush wrote:
>>>> Yes, I find it quite "amusing" that I am paying additional fees on
>>>> all of my telecommunications services to subsidize high speed PON
>>>> networks in rural bumf*ck while I can't get anything like it in San
>>>> Jose, California.
>>> That's OK, you're all in the same boat - the subsidized users can't
>>> get it either. :)
>> So where are these "subsidies" going?
> what a silly question.  lining the telcos' pockets.  american so called
> 'broadband' is a joke and a scam.
>
> randy
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