Expanding Lifeline and Link-Up programs to spur broadband signups by those who can'tnafford the service on their own should be a goal of comprehensive Universal Service Fundnrevamp legislation, said Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., of the House CommunicationsnSubcommittee. At a hearing on the FCC’s adoption recommendations in the NationalnBroadband Plan, Boucher said he wants to work with Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., to work anUSF bill of hers on adoption into a broader measure of his. Boucher urged the FCC to getngoing on filling in the details of a planned pilot program, saying he plans to introduce his billnwith Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., “fairly near term.”
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