As we all know, President Obama set the stage for change in his SOTU address where he made the bold claim that the country will have access to broadband for everyone. I’m sure that when people heard the speech that night, it was assumed that the execution on that vision would not start for some time. Well, on February 8th the FCC took a step and voted to overhaul the Universal Service Fund so that those funds can [...]

Between health care reform, climate bills and war-related news, some important ideas in Congress are not getting as much attention as they deserve.    I just wanted to bring a little more notice to bi-partisan draft language submitted by Reps. Rick Boucher of Virginia and Lee Terry of Nebraska “to curb waste in the Universal Service Fund (USF) and shift money from phone to Internet service in areas on the wrong side of the digital divide.” [...]