Do you ever wonder about all of those extra fees and charges on your telephone bill? One of those, CASF (California Advanced Services Fund) is a 100 million dollar funding mechanism to extend high speed internet to unserved and under-served areas across the state. Last year, the California Senate passed SB 1040, which authorizes the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to collect an additional $125 million from all of us for the same purpose.
Today, the rules governing how that money will be allocated were approved by the PUC, which means that soon regional groups will be able to get money to do studies and draw up plans on how to connect more homes and businesses to high speed internet.
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