http://thekonablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/hawaiian-telcom-seeking-universal-service-fund-support/ My small space on the Internet covering county & state of Hawaii issues Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thekonablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/hawaiian-telcom-seeking-universal-service-fund-support/#comment-1107 Larry Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:20:19 +0000 http://thekonablog.wordpress.com/?p=1216#comment-1107 Aaron: I know you are aware of the absurd amount of money that flows through the USF to provide services that are commercially available at much lower rates, but I think it should be reiterated in every mention of the USF that it's an incredible boondoggle, with payouts to the providers on the order of _tens of thousands_ of dollars per year per subscriber to provide phone and Internet service. <em> Aaron-Yup, I'm fully aware of the huge boondoggle the USF is. Try doing a Google search on "Sandwich Isles Communications." It will blow your mind what 400 million in our taxpayer dollars is being used to build here locally. I spent 4 years fighting this project to no avail.</em> Aaron: I know you are aware of the absurd amount of money that flows through the USF to provide services that are commercially available at much lower rates, but I think it should be reiterated in every mention of the USF that it’s an incredible boondoggle, with payouts to the providers on the order of _tens of thousands_ of dollars per year per subscriber to provide phone and Internet service.

Aaron-Yup, I’m fully aware of the huge boondoggle the USF is. Try doing a Google search on “Sandwich
Isles Communications.” It will blow your mind what 400 million in our taxpayer dollars is being used to build
here locally. I spent 4 years fighting this project to no avail.

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