[12300] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
May 13 NTIA hearing (lite)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Cisler)
Sun May 15 01:47:30 1994
Date: Sat, 14 May 94 07:12:52 -0700
From: Steve Cisler <sac@apple.com>
To: COMMUNET@uvmvm.uvm.edu, com-priv@psi.com, pacs-l@uhupvm1.uh.edu,
publib@nysernet.org
<This is the short version of a forthcoming posting on the NTIA hearing
yesterday. Full-bodied version is about 14 kb.>
Innovation and the Public Interest: Open Access to the Information Society
The National Telecommunications and Informaton Administration held a
hearing in Sunnyvale, California, on May 13. There were 3 panels with 20
panelists, In addition, about 25 attendees signed up to speak for 2.5
minutes at the end of each panel discussion.
Larry Irving, NTIA Administrator, gave five minutes to each panelist. The
first panel addressed the question, "Who has access? Who doesn't?" Speakers
from Pacific Bell, public television, small startup firms, newspapers,
affirmative action groups, Intel, and the Alliance for Community Media,
had about five minutes to read their statements.
The second panel addressed this: "What factors would help or hinder
network access for information providers and users?" Witnesses from
Sun, Smart Valley Inc, Adamation, Cellular One, San Jose Mercury News,
and World Disability Institute.
The third panel: "What is government's role in ensuring access and
spurring innovation?" Witnesses were from "hooked" a small Internet
services provider, RSA Data Security, First Pacific Netork (they make
hybrid fiber/coax networks), GTE, Chris Craft/United Television, and
the Latino Issues Forum.
In the demo room nearby, there were organizations showing their WWW
home pages (Assn of Bay Area Governments), Cupertino City Net, Pacific
Bell, Internet Shopping Network, cellular services, Latinonet, and several
other exhibits.
This was an extremely diverse group with some representation of libraries.
The final hearing will be June 21 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Irving also
announced that about 1300 grant proposals had been received yesterday.
Steve Cisler
Apple Library
sac@apple.com
May 13, 1994
