01/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"I want to thank you for working with me during the FCC's recent efforts to reform the Universal Service Fund."
"Some Alaskan communities, including the entire island of Adak are on the brink of disaster because of the sever USF funding cuts established in your reform order."
"We need some ability, because at the end of the year, they will not be able to pay their RUS loans, and they will be out of business."
"However, the reality is that given Alaska's geography, distance from the lower 48, and the very remote locations of small rural communities..."