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IP: CITIZENS GROUPS ACT TO SAVE PUBLICLY OWNED INTERNET RESOURCE http://ICBTollFreeNews.Com HEADS UP HEADLINES
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 06:05:39 -0400
F - CITIZENS GROUPS ACT TO SAVE PUBLICLY OWNED INTERNET RESOURCE An unusually broad group including public interest organizations, local governments, ISPs, private companies, charities, churches and academics called on the Bush Administration not to give away the ".us" Internet top-level domain. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Don Evans, the groups ask Evans to reconsider a June 13, 2001 announcement that Commerce will give away the United State's unique country code to a private contractor at no cost. The contractor, however, will have the right to charge the public fees for use of .us. "If this were spectrum, we'd auction it off for hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. Or we'd set some aside, like public television, for public use. The Commerce Department plan does neither." CONTINUED HERE: http://www.icbtollfree.com/article.cfm?articleId=5379
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