Fwd: FCC proposes to eliminate landlines. Comments due April 18.

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Andrew McAfee
Lecturer/Horn Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Music Director/Conductor Triangle Youth Ballet
Former Principal Horn, North Carolina Symphony (1992-2007)

919.787.3022 (home)
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I do not understand.

Overhere many do use landlines, ADSL, for telephone and internet.

Greetings,
Charles Claessens
member Verband Baubiologie
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  From: Andrew McAfee
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  Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:00 PM
  Subject: [eSens] Fwd: FCC proposes to eliminate landlines. Comments due April 18.




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  > From: [hidden email]
  > Date: March 31, 2011 1:14:42 PM EDT
  > To: [hidden email]
  > Subject: FCC proposes to eliminate landlines. Comments due April 18.
  >
  >
  > To all interested parties:
  >
  > The FCC is proposing to take the first specific steps toward the  
  > elimination of landline telephones. Comments from the public are  
  > due on or before April 18, 2011.
  >
  > Below is a summary of what is being proposed. If you wish to send  
  > comments, the easiest way is to send them electronically by going  
  > towww.regulations.gov. Click on "submit a comment." Then enter  
  > "FCC-2011-0078-0001" into the "Enter Keyword or ID" field and click  
  > on "Search." When the next screen appears, click on "Submit a  
  > Comment" next to the result. The result will be titled "Developing  
  > a Unified Intercarrier Compensation."
  >
  > You can type a simple comment of up to 2000 words, or you can  
  > attach any documents you wish. Attached word documents should be  
  > double spaced.
  >
  > Summary
  >
  > The complete FCC proposal can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/ 
  > Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0209/FCC-11-13A1.pdf.
  >
  > Briefly, the FCC believes that the switched telephone network (i.e.  
  > telephone lines and switching centers) is obsolete and should be  
  > dismantled. Therefore FCC's policy is to phase out telephone lines  
  > during the coming years and replace them with broadband service. In  
  > other words, the FCC wants ordinary telephones to be entirely  
  > replaced with cell phones and computers (voice over Internet). The  
  > first step is to take money that is now being used to subsidize  
  > rural telephone service and subsidize broadband (i.e. Internet)  
  > services instead.
  >
  > The Universal Service Fund is a federal fund paid for by a  
  > surcharge on everyone's long distance telephone bill. Until now,  
  > the fund has been used to subsidize telephone service in rural  
  > areas, as well as telephone service to people with low incomes, to  
  > make sure all Americans have access to a telephone.
  >
  > This proposal by the FCC would eliminate some subsidies for  
  > ordinary telephone services within two years and reallocate  
  > Universal Service Fund money to pay for fixed and wireless  
  > broadband instead. This is the first step in eliminating the  
  > Universal Service Fund itself and creating a "Connect America  
  > Fund," which could only be used to subsidize fixed and wireless  
  > broadband.
  >
  > In addition, the FCC is proposing to reduce the allowable per-
  > minute rate for long distance phone calls, which will make it less  
  > profitable for companies to operate landlines.
  >
  > The most important thing the FCC needs to hear from you is that the  
  > switched telephone network must be maintained. The Architectural  
  > and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board ("the Access Board"),  
  > is the federal agency that administers the Americans with  
  > Disabilities Act. According to the Access Board, an estimated 3% of  
  > the population, or almost 10 million Americans, have  
  > electromagnetic sensitivities (http://www.access-board.gov/research/ 
  > ieq/intro.cfm). They cannot use wireless technology and have  
  > difficulty using computers. They depend on the switched telephone  
  > network for voice communication. "Universal Service" is not  
  > universal if it excludes 10 million people. Eliminating landlines  
  > will leave millions of Americans without even basic telephone service.
  >
  > If you are a person who depends on landlines for your communication  
  > needs, please send in your comments and tell that to the FCC.
  >
  > Arthur Firstenberg, President
  > Cellular Phone Task Force
  > PO Box 6216
  > Santa Fe, NM 87502
  > (505) 471-0129

  Andrew McAfee
  Lecturer/Horn Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Music Director/Conductor Triangle Youth Ballet
  Former Principal Horn, North Carolina Symphony (1992-2007)

  919.787.3022 (home)
  919.962-2492 (office)

  [hidden email]
  www.hornlessons.org






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