@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 Sender: "David E. Anderson" <•••@••.•••> Subject: ATT ISP access fee exemption This graf from NYT by way of Educom smells like preparation for a modem or ISP tax. I worry that the legislative discussion of such a tax will be as lopsided and intellectually bankrupt as the CDA "discussion". Note that I favor neither a free ride nor a free reign. -dea AT&T INTERNET OFFER LEVERAGES ON "FREE" LOCAL ACCESS Because of a 1983 FCC exemption inserted into telephone accounting rules to promote the development of the young field of data networking, Bell regional phone companies now find themselves unwilling and uncompensated partners in AT&T's plans to provide up to 5 hours of free Internet usage to AT&T customers. Whereas AT&T has to compensate Bell companies for "access charges" when customers use local phone systems to connect to use AT&T long distance services, they are exempt from access charges when the customers are using the lines for data transmission. (New York Times 29 Feb 96 C1) -- Oracle.std.disclaimer() David E. Anderson/New Media Support/Oracle Corporation 415-506-6307 fax: 7809 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore - •••@••.••• - Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
