The Ind. Senate passed 40-6 an amended version of a telecom dereg...
The Ind. Senate passed 40-6 an amended version of a telecom deregulation bill (SB-245) that would end state regulation of retail phone rates by 2009, shift video franchising authority to the state, immediately deregulate broadband, provide tax incentives for…
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broadband infrastructure investments and impose prerequisites for municipal telecom entry. Senate amendments would prohibit telecom carriers from abolishing unlimited flat-rate local service in favor of measured local service plans, retain Utility Regulatory Commission jurisdiction over intercarrier disputes but under an accelerated process, and establish a state universal service fund to supplement federal Lifeline subsidies. The Senate also modified the prerequisites for municipal telecom services. The bill goes to the House, which has until March 2 to pass it.