FCC Internet Grant Decision Riles Congress

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 7, 2004 @12:00AM from the you'll-get-a-computer-in-college dept.

museumpeace writes "The FCC, with no advance notice to congress, effectively made substantial cuts in the funding for the program that subsidizes provision of internet connection to libraries and poorer school systems. This was not small potatoes: 2.5 billion buys a lot of connection. [confess your real identity to them and the ] NYTimes will tell you all about the uproar. The ostensible cause according to FCC officials, who annoyed congressfolk by dodging the inquiry, was an attemp to control possible fraudulent spending in the program but FCC actions then went far beyond fiscal oversight. FCC deference to phone companies by way of reducing the amount they were required to contribute to the program has compounded its financial woes according to Technology Review which also covered the story. [and which will also require a "free" registration]"

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stupid filet by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-07 00:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yes. frist frist p5o7?
1. Re:stupid filet by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-07 00:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  you fail it!
Re:Taxpayer subsidized Internet is a boondogle by wobblie · 2004-10-07 00:43 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I remember when you could map a drive from Windows to \\ftp.microsoft.com\data

You still could if you weren't using Micros~1:

mount -t lufs none /mnt/micros~1 -o nosuid,fs=ftpfs,host=ftp.microsoft.com,username=an onymous,passwd=loser@ms.com,ftpactive
Stop the reg required links by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-07 01:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Please... use google news and find reg free sites instead. You only help support the reg required crap when you link to them. Most of these reg required sites just reprint AP articles anyway, so the same thing can be found elsewhere without having to compromise our privacy or put up with faking a reg.