[10908] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
[karl@mcs.com: Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Mon Mar 14 05:41:14 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 94 23:38 EST
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: com-priv@psi.com
What Karl said needs to be emphasized:
... get rid of the MANDATED per-minute charge assessed at BOTH ENDS of
the LEC <> IXC link. Doing this would be a TRUE good to society.
You'd accomplish a number of things:
1) Make flat-rate national phone service possible.
2) Make flat-rate CELLULAR phone service possible.
3) Remove ALL the communications inequities between rural and urban
areas EXCEPT those directly related to the location of the person
(ie: higher wire cost to get from the CO to the house).
4) Make flat-rate email, Internet and other services available to
everyone on a national scale, overnight.
5) GREATLY enhance the competitive marketplace in the provision
of Internet services.
6) Piss off a lot of LECs, and make a lot of companies that would
compete with the monopolists VERY happy.
Now what was that about "serving the public good" again?
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