Satellite broadband should play a larger role in a revamped Universal Service...
Satellite broadband should play a larger role in a revamped Universal Service Fund than AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn suggested Thursday, WildBlue replied. “We don’t understand the mindset that says satellite broadband is just ‘part of the mix,'” said…
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WildBlue General Counsel Lisa Scalpone. “In reality, satellite broadband is the most important part of bringing the cost of the USF fund down -- and lowering the USF tax bill that has to be paid by the American taxpayers. If you can avoid $15 billion of taxes and still provide 10 Mbps service to every unserved household in America, why wouldn’t we do that? It seems wasteful to overfund broadband service through a higher tax rate on the American taxpayers without considering that satellite broadband will have 10 times its current capabilities by year’s end and can solve much of the problem in the most cost effective manner."