Universal Service Rules

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: Bill Cosh: "Universal Service Cheap!!!"
• Previous message: Bill Cosh: "Definition of "Education""

Greetings again!

As I'm reading through my 29 e-mail messages from today's discussion 
group, I've been reminded of an experience I had with a lobbyist from 
our State's Telephone Association earlier this summer.

I was told at that point (by this telecommunications lobbyist) that the 
Universal Service provisions in the Federal Telecommunications Bill 
requiring discounts for schools were "meaningless." The reason he gave, 
was that in states like Wisconsin, state law prohibits 
telecommunications companies from charging different rates for the same 
service to different customers. Further, he commented that Wisconsin's 
telecommunications industry didn't care what federal law said, because 
their intention was to follow strictly state law.

Have any of the other participants heard similar things from the 
telecommunications representatives in their state?

Bill Cosh
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
bcosh@wasb.org

• Next message: Bill Cosh: "Universal Service Cheap!!!"
• Previous message: Bill Cosh: "Definition of "Education""