[bestbits] FW: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Lifeline Program

[Michael Gurstein]

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.  

 

Perhaps one or another of the CS groups <http://a4ai.org/members/>  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.

 

M

 

-----Original Message-----
From: 1st-mile-nm
[mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+gurstein=gmail.com at mailman.dcn.org] On Behalf Of
Richard Lowenberg
Sent: April 1, 2016 9:20 AM
To: 1st-mile Nm <1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org>
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] FCC Lifeline Program

 

Yesterday, the FCC passed the new Lifeline program, offering

support to the poor for Internet services.   See attached.

RL

 

 

 

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director

1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200

Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,

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