IP: Key Policy Issues to Watch in Telecom

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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From: David Devereaux-Weber [mailto:dave () cable doit wisc edu]
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 12:11 PM
To: Dave Farber
Subject: Key Policy Issues to Watch in Telecom


 From Webreview: Key Policy Issues to Watch in Telecom by Andy Oram

> Most Internet professionals realize nowadays that key technologies and
> policies affecting their future will come from the field of
> telecommunications. But this awareness is relatively recent. When the
> landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed, few computer geeks
> looked at anything but the Communications Decency Act. Now they're arguing
> Section 251(b) with telecom carriers and discussing what's intrastate
> versus interstate with the FCC.
>
> If you'd like to be on top of the situation the next time a telecom
> revolution hits the Internet, educate yourself in the issues listed here.

http://webreview.com/wr/pub/2000/01/14/platform/

Dave


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Network Engineering
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The University of Wisconsin - Madison