[10882] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Sun Mar 13 15:03:01 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 94 10:26 EST
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.85.9403130122.B17493-0100000@essential> (message from James Love on Sun, 13 Mar 1994 01:17:09 -0500 (EST))
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 01:17:09 -0500 (EST)
From: James Love <love@essential.org>
What is needed is a national system to sending and receiving electronic
mail, which would allow the systems of listserves to survive and
prosper. It seems to us that metering email, if it comes to that, would
change the existence of the listserves, as we now know them. Since we
think the listserves are important, we want to be assured that they will
survive and prosper. It may take government action to do this, and it
may not. I think it would be a good idea of have a national discussion
on this, hosted by the FCC and NTIA, as the amendment would require.
Arrrrrgggghhhhh!!!! I pay my $25/month to PSI, and I get to send and
receive as much email as I want. I have flat rate phone service, so I
can stay on the modem all day for all it costs me.
I REALLY don't know what your problem is, Jamie. If you want email to be
"as free as the air", then it's going to end up as polluted as the air.
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