From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jul 28 23:39:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA15801 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:39:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linus.intrastar.net (root@linus.intrastar.net [206.136.25.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA15793 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:39:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jake.fuck.org (pmnac1-1.inu.net [208.129.167.3] (may be forged)) by linus.intrastar.net (8.8.6/LinusIntrastarNet) with ESMTP id BAA11926; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 01:38:31 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <33DD90A2.EC836065@linus.intrastar.net> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 01:41:38 -0500 From: Jacob Suter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eddie Fry CC: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USF X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199707281849.LAA28055@Wicked.eaznet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Its up to the states to distribute funds.. Here in Texas they decided to screw ISPs and put in their OWN PROPRIETARY NETWORK (which is NOT ALLOWED according to the rules listed by the FCC about universal service), so it didn't do us squat to help our local schools design their network... they ended up using *MY* design to screw me over... go figure - its our government at work. I highly reccomend if you work with schools on this stuff, GET CONTRACTS FIRST.. Eddie Fry wrote: > This is a little off topic, but I thought it was good info. > > Has anyone heard about/used the Universal Service Fund (USF > implemented by the FCC? I read about it in the July Boardwatch > (p90). Apparently, the gov is putting up $2.25 billion/year to get > schools and libraries connected to the net. If anyone has any info on > how to sign up/ apply/ whatever, I'd sure appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Eddie