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Re: USTA Sends Strange Letter to Wal-Mart

John Levine (johnl@iecc.com)
25 Dec 2004 18:35:51 -0000

> I also hope that access charge regime gets fixed soon. At least then
> VoIP proponents will develop truly new features rather than just
> being an arbitrage player.

Completely agreed. If VoIP is so great, it should be able to support
the same obligations as real telephony such as 911 and USF.

>> All of the above (except for the press release and the excerpt from
>> the letter) is just my opinion, of course. But we really need
>> access charge reform and it is organizations like the USTA that are
>> standing in the way, ...

The implementation of Universal Service certainly could be improved,
but it still makes it possible for you to call a whole lot of people
who live outside cities and suburbs and couldn't afford a phone if
they had to pay the full incremental cost. Remember that the whole
point of USF is that the more people who you can call, the more useful
everyone's phones are.

R's of the season.

John

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