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Fri Feb 15 16:28:14 UTC 2002

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Fletcher E Kittredge wrote:

> > 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.

In other words, they'll now have the unfettered ability to push everyone
else out of business.

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