Cell Phones as an entitlment and other stupid things

[Dan J 277]

Not that I can see. Maybe I'm missing something. Please highlight any of your post the deals with wireless communications, spectrum allocation, or anything at all related to wireless access. And if you can find that anything that subsidizes wireless service.

Cell phones fall under telecommunications. In many areas cell phones are cheaper than plain old telephone lines.

[Karee 4,190]

And?

You're for government subsidies or not?

[Dan J 277]

And?

You're for government subsidies or not?

The USF has several different goals. One of those include subsidizing telecommunications access for the poor. Considering that its difficult to get ahead in modern society without a phone, there is definitively a need for it. Unfortunately for the poor, internet access is becoming something that is difficult to live without.

The government should provide what ever is cheaper. In some areas it will probably be cell phones, an in other areas land lines. But with cell phone access, it should be limited to a very basic feature phone, with a subsidy of a certain number of prepaid minutes each month.