[151499] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Faisal Imtiaz)
Fri Mar 23 01:54:48 2012
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:53:49 -0400
From: Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappydsl.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <m2bonnho7y.wl%randy@psg.com>
Reply-To: Faisal@snappydsl.net
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
So do a quick research on USF and see who gets paid from it...
Please don't read this if you have just eaten.. you might puke ..
http://connectedplanetonline.com/commentary/real-story-usf-data-071510/
http://republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/Media/file/PDFs/2011usf/ResponsetoQuestion1.pdf
If you have more time.. read these for your enjoyment..
http://energycommerce.house.gov/news/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=8737
Then one can understand how come folks like Century Tel can gobble up
Qwest, Savvis, Sprint, and a few others rather quickly !!!
I believe the current USF contribution is about 19% !!!
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet& Telecom
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Miami, Fl 33155
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On 3/23/2012 1:37 AM, Randy Bush wrote:
>>>> Yes, I find it quite "amusing" that I am paying additional fees on
>>>> all of my telecommunications services to subsidize high speed PON
>>>> networks in rural bumf*ck while I can't get anything like it in San
>>>> Jose, California.
>>> That's OK, you're all in the same boat - the subsidized users can't
>>> get it either. :)
>> So where are these "subsidies" going?
> what a silly question. lining the telcos' pockets. american so called
> 'broadband' is a joke and a scam.
>
> randy
>
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