IP: RE: Don't Panic! RE: Bells attempt to control the Internet

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Meeks, Brock (MSNBCi)" <Brock.Meeks () MSNBC COM>
> To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: RE: Don't Panic!  RE: Bells attempt to control the Internet
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 21:09:36 -0700
>
> My Ground Zero column of last week addresses the whole issue of this bill,
> of which the thread below is a part.
>
> Here's the URL:  http://www.msnbc.com/news/564512.asp
>
> And the Broadband Played On...
> Bill lets local phone monopoly infect high-speed data market
>
> WASHINGTON, Apr 25th - The Baby Bells have cannibalized their siblings,
> gorging themselves on bull market-fueled mergers and acquisitions faster
> than venture capitalists could write ludicrous checks for ludicrous sums of
> money funding even more ludicrous dot-com business plans. It was all legal;
> all done under the radar, lost in the noise of baby billionaires and
> $3,000-per-head B2B conferences held in Toledo. And it was done in the
> spirit of competition and telecom "reform." And we all got screwed in the
> process.
>
> [snip]
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net]
> Sent:   Tuesday, May 01, 2001 4:25 PM
> To:     ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com
> Subject:        IP: Don't Panic!  RE: Bells attempt to control the Internet
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 09:24:28 -0700
> > To: farber () cis upenn edu, jeff () pulver com, gene.gaines () gainesgroup com
> > From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart () pobox com>
> > Subject: Don't Panic!  RE: Bells attempt to control the Internet
> >
> > My reading of the bill is much different from Pulver's.
> > It doesn't prohibit *everybody* from offering Voice over IP services -
> > it prohibits *Bell Operating Companies* who are currently
> > forbidden to offer conventional long-distance voice service
> > from offering internet-based voice on high-speed connections,
> > which would be an easy workaround.
> >
> > The HR1542 may (ok, does) have other problems, but this isn't one of them.
> > It doesn't appear to prohibit them from offering VOIP over
> > lower-speed internet connections, such as IDSL, modems, or 256kbps DSL -
> > it defines high-speed as at least 384kbps in at least one direction,
> > but Congress doesn't typically think of everything....
> >
> >
> > You can look up the bill on http://thomas.loc.gov - search for "hr1542".
> >
> >         (k) PROHIBITION ON MARKETING VOICE TELEPHONE SERVICES-
> >         Until the date on which a Bell operating company is
> >         authorized to offer interLATA services originating in an
> >         in-region State in accordance with the provisions of this section,
> >         such Bell operating company offering any high speed data service
> >         or Internet access service pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
> >         (7) of subsection (g) may not, in such in-region State market,
> bill,
> >         or collect for interLATA voice telecommunications service obtained
> >         by means of the high speed data service or Internet access service
> >         provided by such company.
> >
> > Disclaimers: I'm not a lawyer, though I've played a politician on TV.
> > I've got a variety of other opinions about this and current regulation,
> > which differ significantly from the Bell Companies', AT&T's, Tauzin's,
> > Cato's, Nader's, etc., so I'm sending this from my personal email account,
> > not work.
> >
> >                 Bill Stewart  bill.stewart () pobox com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 05:22:45 -0400
> > > From: Gene Gaines <gene.gaines () gainesgroup com>
> > > To: farber () cis upenn edu
> > > Subject: Bells attempt to control the Internet
> > >
> > > SOS: House Telecom Subcommittee Approves Bill Regulating VoIP
> Applications
> > > Need your Help to Defeat HR 1542 and Keep Internet Communications
> > > Regulation Free  ( http://pulver.com/hr1542 )
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi There,
> > >
> > > The "Tauzin-Dingell Broadband Bill" incorporates for the first time
> > > Internet applications and broadband in the legacy telecom regulatory
> > > framework. The bill will make it illegal to offer IP based voice services
> > > over the Internet and give the Bells hooks to kill off remaining
> broadband
> > > competitors.
> >
> > ....
> >
> > > [The above from Jeff Pulver <jeff () pulver com>]
> > >
> > >
> > > Gene Gaines
> > > gene.gaines () gainesgroup com
> > > Sterling, Virginia
>
>
>
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