RE: Summary of Universal Service Task Force Report

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In my previously-posted summary of the Universal Service Task
Force Report I should have given stronger emphasis to the
Task Force's recommendation that the PUC should follow the 
federal program in its implementation of a Universal Service
policy for Pennsylvania (point #2 of my summary).  The Task
Force's strong preference is that the federal program should
prove adequate for the state and that there should be no need
for a separate state Universal Service fund.  The Task Force
does recognize a need to measure the effectiveness of the
program and advises the PUC to reconsider the question of
a separate state fund if necessary.

My summary contained this information but presented it in such a way as
possibly to obscure the Task Force's strong preference for no separate
state fund.  I apologize for this error and thank a member of the Task
Force for clarifying remarks on this issue.

Please let me know if other aspects of the summary are 
confusing, inaccurate or incomplete.  We will continue to 
urge members of the PA Department of Education and the PA
Public Utilities Commission to review our summaries and
the Frequently Asked Questions list so as to provide accurate
information to schools and libraries around the state.

Bob Carlitz

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