Phone Subscribers Keep Schools, Libraries Wired

From Maine Today, Dan McGillvray writes...

\"New telephone subscriber surcharges that took effect July 1 will supply the necessary funds to keep Maine\'s libraries and schools connected to the Internet. For the past six years, those Internet Service Provider fees and associated local and toll telephone charges have been paid through a fund established by NYNEX after state regulators determined the utility\'s profits were too high in the mid-1990s.\" [more...]