[95308] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Levine)
Wed Mar 14 13:46:16 2007
Date: 14 Mar 2007 17:44:47 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <716369A5-C018-47CF-95D4-8CB6F9724711@cisco.com>
Cc: rdobbins@cisco.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>> A universal service charge could be applied to all bills, with the
>> funds going to subsidize rural areas.
>
>This is already done in the U.S., to no discernible effect.
I dunno. My rural ILEC which is up to its armpits in USF money, sells
me a T1 for $190/mo plus tax. (Plus what their captive ISP charges
for Internet). They also provide consumer DSL to most of their
customers for about $30/mo, give or take this month's package
promotion.
If I was paying the true cost, well, I wouldn't.
R's,
John
