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Subsidy to cell phone companies that provide rural access scrutinized

July 23, 2007/

A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected well of cash for cell phone companies that do big business in rural America.

By JOHN DUNBAR
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Full Story: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/324644_telephonetax23.html

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