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