1.   A major aim was to subsidize phone service in rural areas, where it costs far more to serve customers than in cities.

2.   But, he asserted, they have also ruled that the government may not subsidize services directly related to the religious mission of a sectarian school.

3.   Caltrans Director Jeff Morales also said the shutdown would unfairly punish California, which is much more generous than other states in subsidizing rail service.

4.   Congress wants the FCC to create the fund to subsidize phone service to poor and rural areas and link schools to the Internet.

5.   Congress directed the FCC to create the fund to subsidize phone service to poor and rural areas and link schools to the Internet.

6.   Even where competition does flourish, it will not subsidize phone service to the poor or connect inner-city schools to the Internet.

7.   For many people who work at home, the service is subsidized by the employer.

8.   GTE is also challenging FCC rules designed to subsidize phone service for rural and poor customers, arguing that the rules actually undermine continuation of affordable phone service.

9.   In the past, the PUC kept toll call rates high as a way of subsidizing basic service, she said.

10.   Mesa Air Group won a court fight to end flights to several small western U.S. cities because Congress cut payments designed to subsidize service to remote areas.