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InternetNews August 3, 2005 Roy Mark	VoIP Providers Targeted in Rural Broadband Fund New bill seeks to make all two-way voice services contribute to a fund financing rural broadband rollout. The intent of the bill is to ensure all Americans have access to high-speed Internet.
InternetNews April 4, 2006 Roy Mark	USF Reform Hits House Two U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation last week to extend Universal Service Fund contributions to Voice over IP and broadband services.
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Float New Fees on VoIP Those extra fees on your regular and wireless phone service could be headed for your broadband and VoIP bill too, under a draft bill that's floating in the U.S. House.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	VoIP Bills Set to Increase In a long anticipated move, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today Voice over IP services must contribute a portion of their revenues to the Universal Service Fund
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Stevens Seeks USF Expansion to Broadband Alaskan senator seeks new funds to subsidize telecom services to rural and high-cost areas.
InternetNews November 6, 2009	Lawmakers Float Bill to Boost Rural Broadband House panel set to consider legislation to shift federal funding to broadband service.
InternetNews July 23, 2010	Lawmakers Unveil USF Reform Bill for Broadband Reps. Rick Boucher and Lee Terry introduce legislation to overhaul the federal subsidy for telephone service to include broadband, expand contribution base.
InternetNews November 20, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Taxpayers Not Keen To Fund Broadband Subsidies A poll of American taxpayers found little support for expanding telephone Universal Service subsidies to include Internet broadband.
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Rules VoIP Providers Must Pay USF Fees Internet telephone companies like Vonage must contribute to the Universal Service Fund, a federal appeals court ruled Friday afternoon.
InternetNews February 8, 2011	FCC Begins USF Transition to Broadband Commissioners vote unanimously to begin the process of overhauling $8 billion federal telecom subsidy to eliminate waste and shift funding from telephone service to broadband.
InternetNews April 21, 2010	FCC Begins Moving USF Subsidy to Broadband In its first meeting following the release of the national broadband plan, Federal Communications Commission votes to convert USF subsidy to fund Internet service.
InternetNews May 14, 2010	House Presses for Greater Broadband Funding Subcommittee chairman is anxious to get some funding rerouted to broadband support and to deal with net neutrality issues.
InternetNews November 26, 2007 Sean Gallagher	FCC Moves To Fund Rural Broadband The FCC has set a policy goal of reforming its Universal Service Fund and creating a specific fund to help extend broadband Internet services to underserved areas.
InternetNews May 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Broadband Goal Fading A new Government Accountability Office report says 28 percent of Americans had high-speed connections in 2005.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Praises FCC VoIP Ruling Both sides of the Voice over IP divide weighed in on yesterday's Federal Communications Commission ruling that stipulates the interstate nature of VoIP services.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
InternetNews July 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Federal Lawmakers Bid For VoIP Control Legislation proposes to classify all IP-based communications as interstate services subject only to limited FCC rules.
InternetNews August 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Legislation Hypes Rural Broadband Access Lawmakers push legislation designed to protect community ability to build and offer high-speed connections.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Launches E-Rate Inquiry The Federal Communications Commission is launching a comprehensive review of the school and library Internet subsidy plan.
Entrepreneur September 2007 Mike Hogan	Town or Country? Phone taxes meant to help rural areas may not be doing their job.
InternetNews February 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Ensign to Chair Senate Tech Subcommittee The new group will target Universal Service Fund reform and VoIP as key issues.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform Not Likely in 2005 National Chamber of Commerce chief predicts Congress not likely to pass legislation this year, including key changes to the Universal Service Fund consumers pay.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC: 'Net Neutrality' For All U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) urges Congress to make FCC's principles of open networks part of telecom reform.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Michael Hickins	Juneau Something New 'Bout Net Neutrality? Alaska Senator Ted Stevens' dedication to the Universal Service Fund raises the likelihood of passing net neutrality provisions.
InternetNews November 5, 2009	NCTA Chief Urges Feds to Rethink Stimulus Plans Kyle McSlarrow, President of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, argues broadband stimulus program neglects demand side.
InternetNews January 6, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Economic Stimulus Bill May Drive U.S. Broadband As the new Congress convenes, an economic stimulus package will be the first order of business. What role will broadband play?
InternetNews August 29, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC on Verizon's DSL Fee Case The Federal Communications Commission wants some answers from Verizon about a new fee it imposed on its DSL customers.
InternetNews October 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Failing Grade For FCC's E-Rate Program Lawmakers promise reform legislation to clean up program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet.
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Another Try For Telecom Reform New legislation in Congress seeks FCC classification of IP-based services.
InternetNews July 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Pulver Slams Senate VoIP Vote Internet telephony pioneer says bill could lead to access taxes on interactive online gamers.
InternetNews May 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Hello? Where's My Revenue? VoIP is sending cash-strapped states to Capitol Hill complaining about the tax revenue they will lose as people switch from plain old telephone systems to IP telephony, which is exempt from state and local taxes.
InternetNews December 17, 2004 Roy Mark	A Busy Year for IT in DC Lawmakers and U.S. regulatory officials wrestled with a packed IT agenda this year, setting a policy course on a number of important and complex issues.
InternetNews March 19, 2009 Alex Goldman	Will the Stimulus Cash Flow to ISPs? With the government planning to spend billions on Internet infrastructure, decision makers face a conundrum.
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Deep Tax Breaks Offered For Broadband Access The rollout of national broadband picked up some speed from two lawmakers seeking tax incentives for service providers.
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Network Neutrality: Telecom Reform Spoiler? Lawmakers now face the tough election year question of killing telecom reform for an issue they admittedly don't understand.
InternetNews December 16, 2009	First Draft of FCC Broadband Policy Revealed While not final, the proposal does give an indication of where the government is headed with broadband buildout.
InternetNews October 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Urge FCC to Regulate VoIP House members write a letter to the commission, saying Voice over IP telephony issues are too important to await pending legislation.
InternetNews July 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Major Reform of Telecom Act Proposed Legislation calls for eliminating many current state and federal rules for delivering advanced communications services.
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC CALEA Order Challenges Continue The Federal Communications Commission's decision to expand wiretap accessibility requirements to broadband providers and Internet telephone companies continued to come under legal fire.
InternetNews June 24, 2010	Senators Clash Over Use of FCC Broadband Plans Senators on both sides have ideas on how to reform the Universal Service Fund, they just can't agree on which idea to use.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark	GOP Defeats Dem's Net Neutrality Moves House Republicans Wednesday strengthened net neutrality provisions in their working telecom reform legislation but turned back tougher measures demanded by Democrats.
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Ignoring Net Neutrality, Expanding USF House passes anti-pretexting bill... Cox touts XBRL... etc.
InternetNews November 3, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress, VoIPs Move to Delay E911 VoIP industry goes to court, while lawmakers move to delay a Nov. 28 deadline for E911 compliance.
InternetNews May 15, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Networking Firms Maneuver for Stimulus Windfall $7 billion is headed toward broadband for underserved markets. By helping customers help themselves to those funds, will even more money be made by networking vendors?
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Decide VoIP Fate Next Week The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
InternetNews October 20, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Mulls November VoIP Vote In the absence of congressional action, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has taken over the direction of Voice over IP policy in the Capitol, at least for the time being.
InternetNews July 21, 2004 Michael Singer	Users Weigh in on VoIP 'Must Haves' One out of five Internet users surveyed say they are likely to subscribe to VoIP, according to a new report.
InternetNews April 2, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Panel Calls for Fast Broadband Fund Payout Subcommittee chairman calls for agencies to consider speed, competition and price when evaluating grant applications.
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Mandatory VoIP 911 Bills Introduced Lawmakers want to trump the Federal Communications Commission's call for mandatory 911 Voice over IP service with legislation of their own.
InternetNews March 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Critics: Telecom Bill Guts Net Neutrality House Republicans previewed a fast track telecom reform bill Monday that promotes greater choice and lower prices in the pay television market but guts broadband network neutrality, according to consumer and advocacy groups.