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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (13691)	10/25/1997 8:46:00 AM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

FCC confirmations blocked news.com This is off topic, mostly. I just post it to note the role of Conrad Burns, acting in his usual role as water carrier for the RBOCs, as noted in the posting I'm responding to. (oops, post, not, noted, posting, there's something wrong there) The confirmations of all four nominees to the Federal Communications Commission were held up today by Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana), who wants the agency to revamp telephone and online "universal service" rates for rural areas of the country. ... "I am working with congressional leaders and Mr. Kennard to resolve these concerns quickly," Burns said in the statement. "I strongly believe that it was not the intent of Congress that the structure of the universal service fund lead to higher phone rates. A 25-75 split is unacceptable." Burns indicated one solution he may support is an appropriations bill amendment introduced by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), which calls for the FCC to reexamine whether Internet service providers should contribute to universal service. The Stevens amendment also requires that ISPs pay a per-minute access charge to phone companies for connecting ISP customers to the Net via telco switch centers.