Document Type
Note
Publication Date
12-1997
Publication Citation
50 Federal Communications Law Journal 215 (1997)
Abstract
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 extends universal service support to schools and libraries. Pursuant to this legislation, the FCC has provided all eligible schools with discounts of between twenty and ninety percent on telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections— to a 2.25 billion dollar annual cap. Critics have denounced the subsidy for internal connections as unsupported by the Act's language and outside the FCC's authority. However, based on a plain reading of the statute, on case law, and on legislative history, it is clear that the FCC properly exercised discretion in allocating the potential fund.
Recommended Citation
Cook, Roxana E.
(1997)
"All Wired Up: An Analysis of the FCC's Order to Internally Connect Schools,"
Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 50:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol50/iss1/7
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