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Submitted: February 27, 2006 - 9:33am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:00am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 1:00am
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation]
In a full day of hearings Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will be examining the contribution and distribution mechanisms for a web of federal and state subsidies aimed at making telephone service affordable throughout the country more affordable. Congress is considering reforming these subsidies, known as Universal Service, to broaden both the base of telecommunications companies that pay for the subsidies and make new services -- like high-speed Internet access -- eligible for support. The Benton Foundation is closely watching this debate and has summaries of the major Universal Service modernization bills being considered in our Telecommunications Legislation Tracker.
http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=taxonomy/term/4
Links to hearings --
* USF Contributions
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1707
* USF Distributions
http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=1708
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- Postponed: Markup: S. 2686, the Communications, Consumers' Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006
- Senate Commerce Committee Agenda
- S.1583 Universal Service for the 21st Century Act
- S. 2686, Communications Reform Bill Hearing I
- S. 2686, Communications Reform Bill Hearing II
- POSTPONED -- Hearing: Competition and Convergence
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