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Hi,

The Telecommunication Act indicates that the states can enhance, but in no way
diminish whatever the FCC decides is Universal Service for Education and
Libraries.

> 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

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