@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >From: "Craig A. Johnson" <•••@••.•••> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 Subject: (Fwd) ISPs and Outrageous ISDN tariffs Very interesting developments on ISDN pricing, much as some of us have been predicting. Jamie says that even AT&T and Microsoft are not tackling the RBOCs on this. I wonder what the reasons behind this are. Craig ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 From: James Love <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: ISPs and Outrageous ISDN tariffs With US West filing for a 300 percent increase in its residential ISDN tariffs, Bell Atlantic asking for up to 4 cents per minute per ISDN call, and PAC Bell filing for higher residential ISDN tariffs, one would think that Internet Service Providers, Online information providers, Computer and Software companies would realize they are being hosed, and mount some type of response. But so far the only opposition to these moves has come from individuals and relatively small businesses, few of them ISPs. Apparently several of the giants in the computer and software industry are trying to figure out what to do, but they are *VERY* reluctant to take on the baby bells without some type of larger coalition they can hide behind. Only AT&T has done much of anything, having intervened in the Utah/USWEST case. Microsoft had done nothing, despite pleas for some action, even though the firm's employees are very large users of ISDN in Washington State. Bill Gates's "the road ahead" says that residential ISDN should be priced at less than $20 per month (page 101). But with an $184 per month tariff filed by USWEST, Microsoft isn't doing anything, in its own back yard. In the Washington State case, the pre-hearing conference is this friday, if any Washington State firms want to become active, this would be a good meeting to make. jamie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James Love, •••@••.••• P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036; v. 202/387-8030; f. 202/234-5176 Consumer Project on Technology; http://www.essential.org/cpt/cpt.html Taxpayer Assets Project; http://www.essential.org/tap/tap.html @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ CyberLib: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib ** NOTE ** Postings can once again be sent to •••@••.••• ** ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
