FCC Lie: Universal Service Fund NOT for Consumers.
John Stewart
If you own a US business phone line, you are being charged 4.9% each month
for the "Universal Service Fund." The fund should bring in $625 Million in
the first six month of 1998.
Read the statement on your bill, past the part about helping schools and
libraries. The part about allowing consumer access is a total lie. It's
not happening! Read more about it this week at www.acpress.com (go to our
"Iceberg" newsletter.)
If you are in a rural or high cost access area, this will not make you
happy.
Anybody got a list of Congress persons' e-mail addresses? I may have to
post them there too!
Thanks!
John
John Stewart
Take a look at the article and the excerpts from the FCC. My problem is
not with the fund in general, but the FACT that they are claiming there
will be services that simply are not in the plans.
John
In article <3519007f...@news.mindspring.com>,
roamer1@-removeme-pobox.com says...
>
>On Sat, 14 Mar 98 03:28:43 GMT, "John Stewart"
><radiojon...@means.net> wrote:
>
>>libraries. The part about allowing consumer access is a total lie.
It's
>
>The USF helps pay for your basic phone service. If there were no USF,
>phone rates in rural areas (served by rural independent telcos) would
>be SKY-HIGH -- or you wouldn't have phone service AT ALL.
>
>Internet access _is_ a consideration but is not getting the spotlight
>that it should. Fortunately, _most_ rural telcos now offer local
>dialups to their customers, but some do not -- and in some states, the
>PSC/PUC has had to forcibly increase local calling areas to make an
>ISP a local call to customers of such telcos (Trenton Tel Co in
>Georgia comes to mind).
>
>-SC
>--
>Stanley Cline (IRC:Roamer1).....Telecommunications & Consumer Advocacy
>Chattanooga & Atlanta..............(no spam!) roamer1[at]pobox[dot]com
>main web page.......................http://scline.home.mindspring.com/
>the payphone page....................http://cocot.home.mindspring.com/
[Bev]
John Stewart <radiojon...@means.net> wrote:
> Anybody got a list of Congress persons' e-mail addresses? I may have to
> post them there too!
Everything about the feds that's fit to print -- and that they want you to
know.
Bev *To e-mail me, change nOt.gov to nEt*
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The beatings will continue until morale improves
jean-michel prima
S.C. wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Mar 98 03:28:43 GMT, "John Stewart"
> <radiojon...@means.net> wrote:
>
> >libraries. The part about allowing consumer access is a total lie. It's
>
> The USF helps pay for your basic phone service. If there were no USF,
> phone rates in rural areas (served by rural independent telcos) would
> be SKY-HIGH -- or you wouldn't have phone service AT ALL.
>
> Internet access _is_ a consideration but is not getting the spotlight
> that it should. Fortunately, _most_ rural telcos now offer local
> dialups to their customers, but some do not -- and in some states, the
> PSC/PUC has had to forcibly increase local calling areas to make an
> ISP a local call to customers of such telcos (Trenton Tel Co in
> Georgia comes to mind).
>
> -SC
> --
> Stanley Cline (IRC:Roamer1).....Telecommunications & Consumer Advocacy
> Chattanooga & Atlanta..............(no spam!) roamer1[at]pobox[dot]com
> main web page.......................http://scline.home.mindspring.com/
> the payphone page....................http://cocot.home.mindspring.com/
an interesting view point indeed...!