[10864] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Sat Mar 12 23:16:03 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: msalo@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (Marty Salo)
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 18:16:42 -0600 (CST)
Cc: love@essential.org, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.07.9403121424.A291758-9100000@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> from "Marty Salo" at Mar 12, 94 02:33:27 pm
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> Jamie,
> Can you name an area that the FCC regulates where they do NOT also
> regulate content? How much regulation of content will the FCC enforce as
> a price for keeping the rates low?
That's not the point.
Flat-rate mandates from the FCC are going to destroy lots of nascent
industry providers, and probably a few large established ones.
The Net <already> has flat-rate access in most metro areas. IF you really
think that is important from a public policy point of view, force the
telcos to provide flat-rate LONG DISTANCE and LOCAL phone service. Doing
<that> is at least a level playing field (you can communicate in either
voice or via data over such a line, at the CONSUMERs option).
If Email is not the equivalent of long-distance telephone (in fact,
<international>, then what is?
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