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Re: via the IP list...


From: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell () martin fl us>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:35:42 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Patrick wrote:

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Fletcher E Kittredge wrote:
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today said it has tentatively
concluded that broadband Internet access provided over phone lines
constitutes an "information service," and as such may not be subject to the
open-access rules that govern the nation's phone networks.

While the text of today's "notice of proposed rulemaking" probably won't be
made publicly available for a couple days, the FCC signaled that it intends
to remove some of the regulatory fetters that dictate how the nation's four
Bell phone giants offer broadband services.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/2002/nrcc0202.html
Here is the text of the FCC press release.  For details, it is
important to follow the links to the individual comments by individual
commissioners.
In other words, they'll now have the unfettered ability to push everyone
else out of business.

So, whats the change?

;)



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