http://lirneasia.net/2009/11/universal-service-funds-unmisspent-no-problem-well-find-something-for-bureaucrats-to-spend-it-on/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:37:10 +0530 hourly 1 http://lirneasia.net/2009/11/universal-service-funds-unmisspent-no-problem-well-find-something-for-bureaucrats-to-spend-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-28661 Helani Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:24 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=5889#comment-28661 Funny, I'm sitting in Brazilia and reading this, and thinking how the cycle just repeats itself. The Brazilian USF is also sitting there, and now they are about to embark on a National Broadband Network (a la Australia, but with some differences, as the meetings yesterday and today with the govt. revealed). But the claim here is the USF is more "accessible" than its in India. We live in hope, it seems. We also never learn, it also seems. Funny, I’m sitting in Brazilia and reading this, and thinking how the cycle just repeats itself. The Brazilian USF is also sitting there, and now they are about to embark on a National Broadband Network (a la Australia, but with some differences, as the meetings yesterday and today with the govt. revealed). But the claim here is the USF is more “accessible” than its in India. We live in hope, it seems. We also never learn, it also seems.

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