@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marty Tennant) Subject: Action Alert Background Info Hello to all CyberRights members. I'd like to thank Craig Johnson for picking up my action alert from another listserv and posting it here. I just joined the list and would like to introduce myself and the reason for my involvement in this critical issue. First of all, I used to work in sales and marketing for Southern Bell and AT&T for about ten years, so I know the way those folks think. Right now they are thinking like a 600 lbs gorilla, scared and staking out their territory. I also worked with Wang Labs for six years or so, working on local area networks, computers, and voice data integration products. This used to be a great company to work for, until word processing and PC's became commonplace. I am now out of high tech, working in low tech, but with some ideas on innovative approaches to old problems that take the new technology to work. The House Telecom Dereg Bill language is of utmost importance for anyone currently in the ISP, computer, local area network, and related high tech businesses. If you want to play on a level field, you need the wording in this bill. It is imperative that all small business people realize that their rights in an integrated computer and communications world will be taken away if the Conference Committee language prevails. I would like to challenge the group to make sure that all Senators and Representatives in all States hear from you on this issue. Please do this via paper letters (not email), using the suggested wording, or something more personal to you and your circumstances. It is imperative that you understand the issue at hand. Please make sure you read the bill language carefully. At no time has the FCC ever had any control over your destiny as an ISP, if you are one. Read the Conference Committee bill excerpt and see the language that would allow the FCC to determine the opportunities that are available to you in the future. This is an incredible outrage. If you aren't a business owner, but a consumer of communications products, you should be outraged too. The Conference Committee language would restrict or ultimately deny you the innovative ideas that mainly come from small information services companies. Folks, don't take this one lying down. Write the letters to your Senators and Representatives NOW!! The scuttlebutt on this bill is that it is trouble. Don't become complacent as a result of any rumors you've heard about the bill. Make sure that this exclusionary wording becomes the reason small businesses and consumers demand that the bill be changed or rejected totally. Thank you for your support on this critical issue. Marty Tennant in Myrtle Beach, SC 803-497-2898 •••@••.••• @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ CyberLib: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib Materials may be reposted in their entirety for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
