The Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Dear The Federal Communications Commission,
Congratulations on your appointment to Chair the FCC. In your new leadership role, I urge you to
support the "Fair Share Plan"
as a solution to current concerns with the Universal Service Fund (USF). The Fair Share Plan will
keep the USF fair, ensuring that consumers like me do not pay the same rate into the USF as big
businesses, regardless of how little I may use long distance.
The Keep USF Fair Coalition submitted the Fair Share Plan to the FCC on January 31, 2005. It
expands who pays into the USF so that other technologies - not just phones - pay into the system.
The Fair Share Plan collects the USF using a combination
numbers- and revenue-based plan. This keeps the system fair, equitable and non-discriminatory.
Under the flat fee or numbers-based plan you are considering, people like me who make few long
distance calls would pay the same as people or businesses that make many calls. I believe it would
be unfair to charge low-volume and residential customers the same fees as high-volume residential or
business customers.
I urge you to keep the USF fair, and adopt the Fair Share Plan.
Thank you, and best of luck in your new position.
cc: Marlene Dortch, Secretary
Sincerely,
gerry miller
370 boyer ct
marshall, Michigan 49068
cc:
Senator Carl Levin
Representative Joe Schwarz
Senator Debbie Stabenow