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

[willi uebelherr]

Dear friends,
a very good question with a very good comment.
greetings, willi


Am 01.04.2016 um 15:23 schrieb 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.
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> 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.
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> M
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> -----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
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> Yesterday, the FCC passed the new Lifeline program, offering
> support to the poor for Internet services.   See attached.
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> RL
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> Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
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> 1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
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> Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
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