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,
Patrick Turner
2608 w. Ethel ave.
muncie, Indiana 47303-5223
cc:
Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Evan Bayh
Representative Mike Pence