Supporters of the subsidy program are worried that increased competition in telephone markets will leave rural areas stranded, since they are more expensive to serve and offer less return than high-profit business centers. The Federal Communications Commission will have to decide how to protect these areas when it rules on overhauling the program next spring. A joint federal-state panel of advisors recommended today that funding for the program be increased slightly, and that some states take over greater responsibility for the subsidies. In a precedent-setting decision, a federal court in Virginia today ruled that it is unconstitutional for a public library to filter Net access for all patrons. All rights reserved.
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