[51809] in Cypherpunks
Re: FCC & Internet phones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Monta)
Sat Mar 9 23:51:46 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 20:44:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Monta <pmonta@qualcomm.com>
To: rich@c2.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Allen Smith writes:
> I believe the companies are mainly worried about other companies doing
> such phone service, not about the individual. However, they may also
> go after those selling equipment (inc. programs) for such competition.
Perhaps, but free software, for example, does not offer much of
a target. Internet<->PSTN gateways sound more like a commercial
venture, but even here we may start to see "free" services, such as
the fax service that's been around for some time.
Cheers,
Peter Monta pmonta@qualcomm.com
Qualcomm, Inc./Globalstar
