1996-03-25 Richard Moore ~–<fwd>–~ Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 From: •••@••.••• (MR NEIL J LEHTO) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Time Warner Executive on Competition Here’s a great quote from Marsha Rockey Schermer, vice president, regulatory, Midwest region, Time Warner Communications, in an op ed piece published in The Multichannel News on August … Read more…
1996-03-25 Craig A. Johnson A very revealing report from the “front lines.” –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 21:58:39 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: LAWSUIT: Trial Update 3/22/96 Last Friday, Declan McCullagh made the pilgrimage to Philadelphia to check out the second day of hearings in the case of the Internet … Read more…
1996-03-25 Craig A. Johnson The following comments are a partial response to both Andy Oram and Rick Crawford on the Internet telephone issue, and CPSR’s possible stance. Crawford posted his reply on cpsr-nii, and it is reproduced below, followed by my comments. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: Rick Crawford <•••@••.•••> Date: 24 Mar 96 Rick Crawford wrote: … Read more…
1996-03-25 Sender: •••@••.••• i am wondering if you thought this through. here’s how this would happen, according to what was said. the fcc eliminates their long-distance charge, and then raises the local charge to us. thus we pay more for local calls. assuming that we’re calling a local number for net access, and i hope … Read more…
1996-03-25 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> The Economic Times of March 21, 1996, carries news that I find very disturbing under the front-page headline “Metro cellular operators told to instal tapping equipment” by Manoj Gairola: “DOT officials had recently called a meeting of all the cellular operators to discuss the modalities for providing sophisticated monitoring equipment.” … Read more…
1996-03-25 Sender: Martin Janzen <•••@••.•••> •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) writes: >> Finally, I don’t believe we’ll reach consensus on this list. There > >Our enemy is so close and our direction is so clear, consensus will >flow through us as fast as we let it. “Our enemy”? “Our direction”? >Gosh Andy, unless your post is intended … Read more…
1996-03-24 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:06:59 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: MEEKS: “The Hyde Factor” Hell hath no fury like Brock Meeks with an email account. In this episode, Brock introduces us to the charming and delightful Rep. Henry Hyde, Republican Congressman from Illinois. The honorable Mr. … Read more…
1996-03-24 I am posting this as an individual, not as moderator. We have been indulging in some highly idealistic discussions of Internet sovereignty and democratic pricing schemes on this list, but I’d like to put out a request that we all spend more time responding to contemporary, urgent decisions that are being made right now … Read more…
1996-03-24 Craig A. Johnson * TRIAL UPDATE ACLU: “We Succeeded in Presenting Strong Evidence” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 22, 1996 PHILADELPHIA, PA — In the first two days of trial in the battle for free speech in cyberspace, a three-judge panel heard testimony from plaintiffs who fear censorship under the new telecommunications law and … Read more…
1996-03-24 Sender: “David Heck” <David.Heck> Andy, Well done! I think your eloquent statement should be left and submitted as is. Keep up the Great Work! David •••@••.••• •••@••.••• •••@••.••• ErieWeb, The Northcoast’s Gateway to the World Wide Web! http://www.erieweb.com/ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW … Read more…