John Thune actually said...

At the end of the day, though, doesn't the cable company--cable industry, I should say--benefit from achieving a reasonably acceptable resul...

it's essential in a knowledge-based economy that we have broadband service.

USF is critical for getting service--both phone service to these markets, and then, now, transitioning in to broadband services.

But the status quo is not acceptable. Too many areas in this country are untouched by universal service support, requiring their consumers a...