[IP] more pork .. Senators Want Telecom Fund To Include Broadband Access

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Date: July 22, 2005 3:22:41 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Senators Want Telecom Fund To Include  
Broadband Access
Reply-To: dewayne@warpspeed.com


Senators Want Telecom Fund To Include Broadband Access
By Drew Clark

National Journal reports that Senators Gordon Smith, R-Ore., and  
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., are in the early stages of drafting legislation  
that would expand the Universal Service Fund to include high-speed  
Internet access. Aides to Smith said the bill would make money in the  
Universal Service Fund available so telecommunications providers  
could build out broadband facilities. "It would be built into the  
same structure, and might end up as a stand-alone fund, within the  
current system next to the high-cost fund," an aide said.

<http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb- 
CBBU1121978900437.html>

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