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E-Rate Fund Hit by Rampant Fraud - (universal service fees)
Wired ^
| 1/13/03
| Kendra Mayfield
Posted on 01/15/2003 10:09:39 AM PST by visagoth
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:09:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The $2.25 billion e-rate fund, which has helped thousands of schools and libraries get connected to the Internet, is riddled with fraud and financial abuse, according to a new report.
The report, released on Thursday by The Center for Public Integrity, is based largely on investigations by the Federal Communications Commission.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erate; eratefraud; fcc; fees; fraud; service; universal
Your tax and other money hard at work in the vast government rat hole
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:09:40 AM PST
by
visagoth
To: All
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:12:58 AM PST
by
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To: visagoth
We have been complaining for years that our RINO governor, Don Sundquist, gave the contract to provide Internet services to schools to his buddy at the cost of tens of millions of dollars over competing bids.
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:14:57 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Your job is not to die for your country but to make the other son of a bitch die for his.)
To: visagoth
Consumers who pay a portion of their monthly bill to help support the e-rate may be dismayed to find out where their fees are going.
I been angry about this from the start!
To: visagoth
I'm shocked! This is the first time ever there has been any fraud in a government program. SHOCKED
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:22:21 AM PST
by
Drango
(don't need no stinkin' tag line)
To: visagoth
I know that it's too much to ask for, but if there's so much cash in the program that they can steal huge amounts without it being obvious, why not reduce the rate we're paying so it is sufficient, but not exhorbitant?
Let me go find a mirror so I can laugh my ass of at myself for being so stupid...
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:24:20 AM PST
by
trebb
To: trebb
reduce the rate ?
I'm wondering why I have to fund the phone service/internet for schools/libraries/poor communities/rural communities in the first place ?
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:42:41 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(it's cold because it's too hot...- Global Warming-ists explanation for cold wave)
To: Drango
I'm shocked! This is the first time ever there has been any fraud in a government program. SHOCKED
LOL. I think I detect a hint of sarcasm in your post.
To: visagoth
It is NOW $5.00 of your phone bill and slated to rise to about $10 over the next few years I believe I read somewhere here on FR.
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posted on
01/15/2003 10:47:08 AM PST
by
GailA
To: stylin19a
I asked my ISP if we could get a "discounted" rate since we homeschool. Answer: NO.
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posted on
01/15/2003 11:05:24 AM PST
by
hsmomx3
(No Napolitano in 2006)
To: visagoth
Hmmm .. sounds like I need to cancel a phone or two at my house.
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posted on
01/15/2003 11:06:51 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Darth Crackerhead)
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