Rural carriers protest FCC telephone subsidy reform
A new cap on USF payments will leave parts of the rural U.S. with 'second-class' broadband, rural carriers say By Grant Gross July 6, 2012 03:40 PM ET
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9228882/Rural_carriers_protest_FCC_telephone_subsidy_reform An organization representing rural U.S. carriers is protesting an FCC cap on rural phone subsidies, claiming it will cost jobs and lead to higher service prices. Rural telcos such as CenturyLink (CTL), Frontier (FTR), and Windstream (WIN) have seen their profits pressured by phone line cancellations, low rural broadband penetration, and tough competition from cable providers
