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  • Cheaper phone bills on the horizon?

    03/21/2005 7:28:13 PM PST · by glorgau · 30 replies · 774+ views
    News.com ^ | March 21, 2005, 4:00 AM PT | Declan McCullagh
    Don't get too excited yet, but there's a chance your monthly telephone bill will get a few dollars cheaper. Some members of Congress have begun speculating whether a government entitlement program riddled with waste and corruption and funded by taxes on telecommunications companies should be terminated. If the so-called E-rate program ended, the average phone bill would drop by $10 or more a year, an annual total of $2.25 billion. There's no way to tell whether E-rate is working, its setup likely violates federal law, and nobody seems to be in charge. Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the House Committee...