Don't confuse USF with ICC. It's USF that you're contributing to directly on your telephone bill and ICC through your long distance payments (which relates to the at&t case). Frank -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Davidson Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:38 PM To: Roland Dobbins Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) On 13 Mar 2007, at 20:31, Roland Dobbins wrote:
On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Daniel Senie wrote:
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.
That isn't *quite* the opinion that AT&T have ... ... http://gigaom.com/2007/02/07/atts-free-call-bill-2-million/ Although that is people using the rural kickback as a loophole to provide free telephony to people outside the area.. still shows that regulation always comes with an unexpected effect when times, technology and ideas advance. Cheers -a