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FCC plans stricter rules on 'e-rate' Net-access program - Jube Shiver Jr., Los Angeles Times

The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to tighten rules for the third time on a program that provides subsidized Internet access to schools and libraries, but has been persistently criticized for its largess and lax oversight. Spurred by allegations of widespread fraud, commissioners Wednesday plan to adopt regulations that would disqualify telecommunications service providers that repeatedly flout the rules of the government's multibillion-dollar ``e-rate'' program, intended to wire thousands of rural and poor schools and libraries for high-speed Internet access.

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