If I had new companies coming on-line providing service at the local level, they should make a fair share contribution to the universal service fund? As I say, I am not trying to oppose this amendment, I want to make sure we do not get something in here that ends up coming back to haunt us. We are trying to actually broaden the base of the universal service fund contribution which should for telephone ratepayers result in a reduction of the levy that they currently have for a universal service fund payment.
Bob Kerrey: “If I had new companies coming on-line providing service at the local level, they should make a fair share contribution…”
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Discussing the implications of broadening the contribution base for the universal service fund.
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