FCC urged to investigate Verizon’s statements on utility rules

Re:FCC urged to investigate Verizon’s statements on utility ... by rayiner on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @03:47PM (#8882486)

I don't get your point. Are you saying that small carriers should be exempt from a tax big carriers have to pay? And that this solution is better than just getting rid of the stupid tax in the first place?

> That's kind of what the universal service fund is _for_.

No, USF is mostly for rural areas. I'm talking about build-out requirements in franchise agreements, which makes building in poor neighborhoods a prerequisite for building anywhere in the city. We'd see a lot more small fiber companies if they were allowed to operate only in expensive neighborhoods where they could sell a premium service at a premium price.

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Re:FCC urged to investigate Verizon’s statements on utility ... by warfangle on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @04:15PM (#8882641)

> I'm talking about build-out requirements in franchise agreements

Which section of Title II defines that?

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Re:FCC urged to investigate Verizon’s statements on utility ... by rayiner on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @04:23PM (#8882692)

Who said it was in title II? I said it was the result of well-meaning "pro-consumer" types who have created a thicket of requirements that makes going into the telecom business highly undesirable.

See, e.g., Google's blanket rejection of such requirements as a pre-condition for deploying Google Fiber.

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