After reading all the posts about the FCC and ISPs in this newsgroup, I
stumbled across the following article in NewsWeek:
"The Internet may soon become a more expensive place. The FCC is now
deciding to whether to allow local phone companies to charge for every
minute you spend online. If the FCCC reclassifies Internet Service
Provides (ISPs) as telecommunication services," they will no longer be
"end users." Dave McClure, executive director of the Association of
Online Professionals, says, "If ISPs have to pay access fees, our
industry will be devastated." CyberScope recommends not bragging so
loudly about your Internet phone conversations." Rambler, Mark, and
Kwon, Beth. Internet: Offline? NewsWeek (CyberScope section), 26
January 1998, p. 12.
So, what does this mean? Has the FCC reversed itself from last year's
ruling? Or has NewsWeek gotten caught in (yet another) bit of behind the
times reporting?
Rich
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