Senator Stevens on e-rate and rural telecom problems

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Maybe there are no inner-core cities in Alaska?


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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>


TR Daily reports that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee told attendees at an NTCA breakfast
that he had extracted a promise from FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell
that he will travel to Alaska this summer to observe rural telecom
problems first-hand. TR reports that Senator Stevens also warned of
the dangers facing the federal Universal Service Fund (USF) and
called for an overhaul of the program. According to TR, Senator
Steven said that, "All companies who use the network, in my judgment,
should contribute to universal service, regardless of the type of
service they provide."  TR reports that Senator Stevens later
repeated his past criticisms of the "E-rate" program for schools,
libraries, and rural health care facilities to reporters. He told the
reporters, "It was originally a fund for rural America now it's a
fund where more of the money is being spent in the inner-core city
than is being spent in rural America."

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