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The future of the USO in Europe

vinnyfitz · 2005-07-20 08:51:59

Interesting take from OfCom's relativley independent Consumer Panel on what a USO should actually mean in the context of telecomms here Quote:

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Interesting take from OfCom's relativley independent Consumer Panel on what a USO should actually mean in the context of telecomms here

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The technology of telecommunications is developing much more rapidly than in these other industries [water, gas...] , and the consumer and citizen implications of nonparticipation in the newer technologies and services have ... profound implications for individual consumers and citizens and – because of the externalities of communications networks – society as a whole.
We suggest that the Commission consider a more sophisticated approach for telecommunications. Currently a service cannot even be considered for inclusion in the universal service obligation until it is already used by a majority of subscribers (see Articles 4.2 & 15). This is too slow and too blunt an approach for telecommunications.

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