[48895] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: D.C. area based ISP's unite
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Segal)
Wed Jun 19 11:32:34 2002
From: Mark Segal <MSegal@FUTUREWAY.CA>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:32:05 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
For those of you in BroadNet, we have a similar thing in Canada, works quite
well.. Check out CAIP http://www.caip.ca, However, fighting the ILECs is
just one of its mandates..
Mark
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Mark Segal
Director, Data Services
Futureway Communications Inc.
Tel: (905)326-1570
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irwin Lazar [mailto:ILazar@burtongroup.com]
> Sent: June 18, 2002 10:22 PM
> To: 'nanog@merit.edu'
> Subject: D.C. area based ISP's unite
>
>
>
> FYI:
>
> o ISPs Form DC-based Organization To Battle Large Telecom
> Firms Washington, DC -- About 200 Internet service providers
> (ISPs) from around the country have formed a new organization
> based in Washington DC that will battle against what they
> call "monopolistic local telephone companies" regarding the
> future deployment of broadband. The new DC-based
> organization, called The BroadNet Alliance, plans to lobby
> the federal government on behalf of smaller ISPs. "How
> America chooses to deploy broadband is one of the most
> central policy issues of our time. Though there are many
> voices on the traditional long distance, cable and local
> telephone sides, the country's independent broadband
> providers have lacked a clear voice in the debate," said
> Maura Colleton, Executive Director of BroadNet.
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