@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 From: Howard Frederick <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Comm Act Links Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 23:25:07 -0600 [from]•••@••.••• (Karla Tonella) Subject: Communications Act (H.R. 1555 & S. 652) I've put together a page of links to the text of the proposed Communications Act of 1995 and a variety of analyses and opinion about it. You'll find the link at the bottom of the University of Iowa's Communication Studies web page and at the bottom of our Journalism and Mass Communication pagesThe URLs are: http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/gw/comm/ or try http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/gw/journalism/ This is what's there: Communications Act of 1995: H.R. 1555 & S. 652 The Texts of H.R. 1555 and S. 652 (links provided by the Alliance for Competitive Communications. Also includes statements by various legislators and related proposed legislation. Center for Media Education, The "A coalition of public interest groups asks the Internet community to urge their Congressional Representatives to vote against 'The Communications Act of 1995,' H.R. 1555 and S. 652." Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) CSPR has released a "plain English" analysis of upcoming telecommunication regulations and their potential impact on the contents, use, and growth of the Internet. Benton Foundation, The The Benton Foundation "organized the 'Public Interest Summit,' a national forum for Administration officials and 700 pubblic interest leaders to address the social, economic, and political impacts of the [National Information Infrastructure]." This is their analysis of H.R. 1555 Ralph Nader and the Consumer Project on Technology Ralph Nader, James Love and Andrew Saindon, July 15, 1995 letter on Federal Telecommunications Legislation - Impact on Media Concentration. Regional Bell Operating Companies viewpoint on the bill "The Alliance for Competitive Communications comprises the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications Inc. and U S West." "The following response to the start of the Conference Committee deliberations on 1995 telecommunications legislation may be attributed to Gary McBee, chairman of the Alliance for Competitive Communications." LDDS WorldCom opposing viewpoint LDDS Worldcom, one of the four largest long-distance companies in the U.S., expressed strong opposition today to the latest version of telecommunications legislation moving through Congress. Update on Telecommunications Legislation Pepper and Corazzini law firm comparison of senate and house versions. Clinton administration statements on the H.R. 1555 and related legislation before the House Commerce Committee, May 15, 1995 Clinton administration statements regarding S. 652: The Telecommunications Competition and Degregulation Act of 1995. Telecommunications Glossary (LDDS WorldCom Network Services) Please note my new office phone!! _|/_ ____ [o o] ____ ( __ )=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-w=U=w-=-=-=-( __ ) | | Prof. Dr. Howard H. Frederick Associate Professor | | | | Division of Mass Communication Emerson College | | | | 100 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116-1596 USA | | | | +1-617-824-8875 (voice mail) -8804 (fax) 675-0779 (pager) | | | | •••@••.••• •••@••.••• (email) | | (____)=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-(____) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore <•••@••.•••> Wexford, Ireland (USA citizen) Editor: The Cyberjournal (@CPSR.ORG) See the CyberLib at: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib See Cyber-Rights library: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials for non-commercial use, provided they are copied in their entirety, with all headers, signatures, etc., intact. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
