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Rep. Sweeney (R-N.Y.) urged the FCC not to raise phone rates for ...

Rep. Sweeney (R-N.Y.) urged the FCC not to raise phone rates for U.S. military personnel. The FCC had considered applying Universal Service Fund and access charges to AT&T prepaid phone cards, but the 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Act prohibited the…

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FCC from taking any actions that could lead to an increase in rates for military personnel. Sweeney reminded FCC Chmn. Powell of the provision and said the Commission shouldn’t take any action that would lead to a rise in rates.