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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 6, 2009	Lawmakers Float Bill to Boost Rural Broadband House panel set to consider legislation to shift federal funding to broadband service.
InternetNews November 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Will VoIP Ante up For USF Dues? Lawmakers hope a new plan would expand payment obligations to VoIP providers and cable companies offering Internet telephone services.
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 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 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 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 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 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 July 29, 2010	House Reps. Introduce Spectrum Auction Bill Lawmakers introduce voluntary incentive auction act that they hope will achieve a compromise between dueling interests.
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 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 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 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 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 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 9, 2010	FCC Details Broadband Plans After Legal Setback Federal Communications Commission chairman argues that court ruling has little bearing on its broadband agenda for the rest of the year, which will tackle spectrum, universal service and a host of other issues.
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 August 12, 2010	Americans Doubt Government Role in Broadband Latest research from Pew Internet Project highlights American uncertainty about the government's role in promoting broadband, while adoption rate stalls.
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Spectrum Front and Center for Wireless Industry Freeing up the airwaves tops the wireless industry's policy agenda.
InternetNews August 5, 2010	Feds Award $1.2B in Broadband Stimulus Funds Latest allocations of stimulus money for broadband come from the Agriculture Department, which is funding projects aimed at bringing access to rural and poor areas.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
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 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 March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	'Clear And Present Danger' For Telecom Reform Bill Big tech urged Congress today to stop telephone and cable operators from extending their market power over broadband access to broadband content.
InternetNews June 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Telecom Reform? Don't Bet On It Republicans are proposing subsidies and Democrats are offering tax incentives, and it's both good news and bad news for technology.
InternetNews September 29, 2009	Early Steps on FCC's Road to Universal Broadband Status report from broadband task force reminds commissioners of the enormity of the task.
Entrepreneur September 2007 Mike Hogan	Town or Country? Phone taxes meant to help rural areas may not be doing their job.
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.
Home Theater July 13, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Congress May Restrain iTaxes Legislation would rein in state taxes on downloaded content.
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 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 June 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Showing Little Interest in Net Neutrality The network neutrality debate resumed today in the U.S. Senate the way it ended in the House of Representatives Thursday night: apparently dead on arrival.
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.
InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Consumer Groups Balk at 'New Cartel' Consumer groups urged Congress today to pass legislation barring broadband providers from engaging in what the groups call potentially discriminatory pricing for high speed Internet service.
InternetNews November 18, 2005 Roy Mark	Getting Along Over Tech? Just think what a little bipartisanship could actually accomplish for technology policy in this country.
InternetNews September 17, 2009	Net Neutrality Gets New Support in House FCC oversight hearing opens with a legislative digression and considers the stacked agenda before the agency.
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 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 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 June 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Net Neutrality Faces Senate Panel Vote The Senate Commerce Committee pushes vote on network traffic management rules to Wednesday morning.
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 January 28, 2010	New Consumer Privacy Bill In the Works Rick Boucher (D-Va.) says he's about to take a bill to the House that would give Internet users greater control over how much information they share with marketers, advertisers.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Roy Mark	EBay Marshals Members For Net Neutrality Online auctioneer eBay raised its bid on network neutrality this week by sending 1 million-plus call-to-action e-mails to its members urging them to bombard Washington with e-mails and calls protesting efforts by broadband providers to create a two-tiered Internet.
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Breaking Down The Network Neutrality Debate Think-tankers, lawmakers and policy mavens preview the network neutrality debate awaiting the new Congress.
InternetNews March 4, 2010	GOP Lawmakers Blast Broadband Stimulus Efforts House Republicans vent frustration at stimulus efforts that they fear will direct government subsidies to compete with private-sector firms, warn against interconnection requirements.
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 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.
InternetNews February 10, 2011	White House Unveils Wireless Broadband Push At a speech in Michigan, President Obama plans to debut National Wireless Initiative, an effort White House officials say will reduce the deficit while expanding mobile broadband service.