{"id":455,"date":"2006-08-30T10:18:32","date_gmt":"2006-08-30T15:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/even-the-fcc-has-its-limits"},"modified":"2006-08-30T10:18:32","modified_gmt":"2006-08-30T15:18:32","slug":"even-the-fcc-has-its-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/even-the-fcc-has-its-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Even the FCC has its limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s one thing for the telcos to lobby their way out of having to contribute a portion of their DSL proceeds to the federal Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes Internet access to schools, libraries, low-income households, and rural areas. Because who needs that, right? The FCC is totally cool with letting them out of that. But even the FCC wants to know how, exactly, Verizon and BellSouth will justify continuing to charge the exact same amount as the now-defunct USF fee and pocketing the cash. I&#8217;d like to know that, too.<\/p>\n<p>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/\">cnet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/4531-10921_7-6632298.html?tag=nl.e501\">Even the FCC has its limits<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one thing for the telcos to lobby their way out of having to contribute a portion of their DSL proceeds to the federal Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes Internet access to schools, libraries, low-income households, and rural areas. Because who needs that, right? The FCC is totally cool with letting them out of that. 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