US lawmakers propose changes in telecom subsidies - Business Center - PC World

Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment.

The discussion draft of the Universal Service Reform Act, released Friday, also attempts to deal with a long-time complaint from some telecom carriers that rural providers are charging huge fees for other carriers to send traffic to their networks...