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Re: Board Proposes USF --- Screw the ISP.
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:24:55 -0800
________________________________________ From: Bruce Kushnick [bruce () newnetworks com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:04 AM To: David Farber Subject: FW: Board Proposes USF --- Screw the ISP. (from cybertelecom) Scottie Arnett
Next question is are they going to allow other ISP (non-telcos) access to this funding?
ISPs get totally screwed. The decision doesn't distinguish the ISP as a separate entity but links everything as Broadband Internet -- ie, that the connection to the internet and the wire and the speed of the connection make one product -- an interstate information service. This is totally contrary to the last 100 years of telecom and the Telecom act which clearly outlines that the transmission is NOT an information service --- this is an illegal tying of products. How can a regulatory agency make law? More about this in our next FCC Harmful Deregulatory Policy series. B. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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