[86560] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blaine Christian)
Thu Nov 10 19:19:26 2005
In-Reply-To: <20051110225639.GA2808@vacation.karoshi.com.>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Blaine Christian <blaine@blaines.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:18:52 -0500
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 10, 2005, at 5:56 PM, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
> Date: November 9, 2005 10:43:40 AM EST
>
> Here's the latest draft of the Internet
> regulation bill, dated November 3rd. Note that, like earlier
> versions, it subjects all ISPs and VoIP providers to intensive
> Federal regulation and requires them to register before providing
> service. It also pre-empts state and local control over rights of
> way. For the draft text, see
>
> http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/news/11032005_Broadband.pdf
>
> --Brett Glass
Well,
I have to admit I like this part... It somewhat addresses my concerns =20=
about the monopolies that Chris Morrow and Sean Donelan are =20
perpetrating on us (just kidding guys...).
Since port 80 and port 25 are lawful services everyone offering =20
broadband will have to drop filters and provide full routing! Can =20
you hear me now? Why yes, port 80 and port 25 are open, of course I =20
can hear you.
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SEC. 104. ACCESS TO BITS.
(a) DUTIES OFPROVIDERS.=97Subject to subsection2
(b), each BITS provider has the duty=973
(1) not to block, impair, or interfere with the4
offering of, access to, or the use of any lawful con-5
tent, application, or service provided over the Inter-6
net;7
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