[2350] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: House hearings scheduled on NREN/ANS/NSF "monopoly" allegations?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Susan Eldred)
Wed Feb 19 09:55:04 1992
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 92 9:45:23 EST
From: Susan Eldred <eldred@ans.net>
To: the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
Cc: com-priv@uu.psi.com, members@farnet.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 17 Feb 92 16:44:37 PST
> Does anyone have any information regarding the hearings of the House
> Committee on Science and Technology, Science subcommitte, that have been
> scheduled on March 17th regarding the various allegations that have
> recently appeared in the New York Times, Communications Daily, etc.
> regarding NREN/ANS/NSF, et al. ?
>
I did some checking on this, and I think you've gotten your facts wrong. The
hearings will not focus on the subject of those articles.
I must confess that, as a taxpayer, I would be more than a little annoyed if
a House subcommittee convened to discuss some baseless accusations by a
disgruntled competitor.
Susan Eldred
