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Fri Feb 15 12:27:39 UTC 2002

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 23:02:20 +0000 (UCT)  bmanning at karoshi.com wrote:
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174510.html
> 
> The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today said it has tentatively
> concluded that broadband Internet access provided over phone lines  
> constitutes an "information service," and as such may not be subject to the
> open-access rules that govern the nation's phone networks.
> 
> While the text of today's "notice of proposed rulemaking" probably won't be
> made publicly available for a couple days, the FCC signaled that it intends
> to remove some of the regulatory fetters that dictate how the nation's four
> Bell phone giants offer broadband services.

http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/2002/nrcc0202.html

Here is the text of the FCC press release.  For details, it is
important to follow the links to the individual comments by individual
commissioners.

regards,
fletcher
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Fletcher Kittredge
Great Works Internet
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Biddeford, ME 04005-9457