Rep. Deal (R-Ga.) introduced legislation that would remove caps a...
Rep. Deal (R-Ga.) introduced legislation that would remove caps and limitations on universal service support by amending Sec. 254 of Communications Act. HR-1171,referred March 22 to House Commerce Committee, is companion to S-500 (CD March 12 p6), by Sen.…
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Burns (R-Mont.) and several rural senators. Bills would eliminate restrictions on size of high-cost support, lift caps on how much universal funding individual service providers could receive, prevent FCC from enforcing or reimposing most caps or limitations. National Telephone Cooperative Assn., which supports measure, estimates that “small, independent telecommunications carriers will lose out on $198 million this year if the caps are not removed.”