[46428] in Cypherpunks
Re: NYT's _Unmuzzling the Internet_
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin])
Wed Jan 3 22:28:28 1996
From: "Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
To: liberty@gate.net (Jim Ray)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 21:17:14 -0600 (CST)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601040312.WAA22282@osceola.gate.net> from "Jim Ray" at Jan 3, 96 10:11:19 pm
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
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> The FCC is now proposing a tax on ISP's -- in the name of "universal access"
> !?? :O(.
>
> They claim that since voice can be transmitted over the Internet, it falls
> under the jurisdiction of the FCC.
This is pretty stupid - I mean, even I know that it's all just data.
Besides, it's irrelevent - if the FCC had jurisdiction over the net
because it can carry digitized voice, then they could regulate what I
scream out my back door. Last time I looked, I didn't need a license to
broadcast my voice out over the airwaves with my mouth...
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