I mean, you know, we all know that USF has grown to over $8 billion.
I think we all will concur this is a--particularly during these challenging times--a needed program.
I completely agree that--and I want to thank the chair for holding this hearing. This is a really important focus.
As Senator Warner said, the needs out there for broadband are great.
I don't really see interconnection as being a huge issue for our segment of the industry.
I may wait for a second round. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I think that's still relatively slow.
I do think--and Mr. Jones has already raised this point--the failure to have in the ABC Plan--or somewhere in this, I ho...
one issue that we have, that is evident in the ABC Plan, is an issue that is related to interconnection, which is tandem...
We're at, you know, you're at $1.2 billion right now. The notion on the ABC is about $300 million.
I think that would be very easy to live up to, and I think, from a consumer perspective, would be very important.