[governance] Internet for All ... this time from the UK

[Roland Perry]

In message <85899907E1E609449CF4FB774F4DBF7BC5C272 at smmail12.rand.org>, 
at 14:12:01 on Sun, 1 Feb 2009, "Cave, Jonathan" <cave at rand.org> writes
>It depends on the quid pro quo. If BB for all means infrastructure paid 
>out of public funds, it is potentially a gift to all telcos. If paid by 
>a univ svce fund or regulatory relief, it's a gift to the 
>most-regulated telco, and raises competition concerns.

The Universal Service obligation is rarely welcomed by the telco, 
irrespective of where the funding comes from. The worst place is 
existing subscribers, because the telco has to explain why the bills are 
going up. Most organisations prefer to harvest the "low hanging fruit", 
the complete opposite of Universal Service.
-- 
Roland Perry
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