RE: HR 1542, rolling back open access for the Big 4

[David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>]

>Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:00:41 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Hodge Podge <nicole@unixgirl.com>

> I have been told that this is a Hoax
> That that bill # is not for something like this.

>From
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d107:69:./temp/~bdXShy::|/bss/d107query.html|
(sorry about the weirdness of the URL, but it does appear to work for
me, at least):

H.R.1542 
Sponsor: Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) (introduced 4/24/2001) 
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2001 House committee/subcommittee actions 
Title: To deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, and for
other purposes.

[And the page has links to additional information about the bill
itself.  Finding it was "interesting", in some sense of the word.]

Of course, there *have* been urban legends about various parts of the US
government doing things that would be likely to impair the use of the
Internet.  However, this does not appear to be such an urban legend.

Cheers,
david
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