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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hmmm, it seems that the fountainhead for untrammeled competition in the Internet/Broadband, the USA, is implementing a program through government regulation to enable those with low incomes to access broadband/the Internet. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Perhaps one or another of the <a href="http://a4ai.org/members/">CS groups</a> who are supporting the "Best Practices" component of the A4AI initiative where such government intervention in the Internet marketplace is explicitly forbidden could explain why they aren't coming out in opposition to this FCC initiative--perhaps one or another of the A4AI supporters might want to draft a letter of opposition to such interference in the market for circulation and sign-on and ultimately to be sent to the USG.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>M<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: 1st-mile-nm [mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+gurstein=gmail.com@mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of Richard Lowenberg<br>Sent: April 1, 2016 9:20 AM<br>To: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm@mailman.dcn.org><br>Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Lifeline Program</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Yesterday, the FCC passed the new Lifeline program, offering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>support to the poor for Internet services. See attached.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>RL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1st-Mile Institute 505-603-5200<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>rl@1st-mile.org</span></a> <a href="http://www.1st-mile.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.1st-mile.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>