Congress should hold hearings on Universal Service

CONGRESS SHOULD HOLD HEARINGS ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE
[SOURCE: David Isenberg's Blog]
[Commentary] In the best case, Universal Service is corporate welfare that supports older, less relevant telco services. In a more Reality-Based view, Universal Service has become an ineffective, corrupt slush fund for the minions of a dying industry. By the end of January, Congress should subpoena the principals of the Universal Service Administrative Company and the heads of the remaining telcos to explain themselves. Then they should hear from a representative sample of people who actually could use affordable Internet access (and other) services. They should question them all until the truth comes out. Then they should act.
http://isen.com/blog/2006/11/congress-should-hold-hearings-on.html