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

[Hodge Podge <nicole@unixgirl.com>]

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

  Nicole


On 15-May-01 Strata Rose Chalup wrote:
> 
> Wearing my "concerned citizen" hat again, I urge folks to 
> check this out and take what they feel to be appropriate
> action.  If you speak up, there is a very good chance of
> heading this one off at the pass-- should you feel that
> is the Right Thing.
> 
> Find your Senator at:  http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index_by_state.cfm
> Find your House rep(s) at:   http://www.house.gov/writerep/
> 
> Cheers,
> _Strata
> 
>>Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:43 AM
>>From: "Debra Sweezey" <dsweezey@yahoo.com>
>>To: <usispa-action@usispa.org>; <usispa-news@usispa.org>
>>Subject: Telecom Act Nixed -- Feds Hand Bells the Net
> 
> 
> Telecom Act Nixed -- Feds Hand Bells the Net
> 
> This is very likely to be a headline you'll read in next week's paper.
> When it happens -- and it is happening -- ISPs and CLECs are history,
> and monopolies rule again.  You have just a few weeks to change
> tomorrow's history, and you have the world's greatest tool for change
> right at your fingertips.
> 
> Post notices on news groups, use your mailing list, chat, whatever,
> as long as you CALL FOR ACTION NOW!  There is federal legislation
> that threatens to hand the Bells the Net.  It is called H.R. 1542,
> misleadingly named the Broadband Relief Act of 2001.  It is authored
> by two very powerful Congressmen, House Commerce Chairman W.J. "Billy"
> Tauzin (R-LA) and Ranking Minority Member John Dingell (D-MI), and
> supported - surprise, surprise, by only four companies.  Perhaps
> you've heard of them: SBC, Verizon, Bell South and Qwest.
> 
> In essence, the bill allows the RBOCs to immediately begin offering
> long-distance data service, and eliminates the Telecom Act's
> requirement that they lease parts of their networks -- including
> equipment used for high-speed Internet service -- to competitors.
> Out goes the competition, up go the prices.
> 
> Share this information with your friends, family, customers,
> colleagues today!  Beg them to make their voices heard.  Do
> they really want the local phone monopoly running the Internet?
> Do they want higher prices, lousy service, and no new technology?
> 
> USISPA, the US Internet Service Providers Alliance, is comprised of
> ISPs and ISP state association across the country, and we are working
> in the trenches trying to protect consumers and the Internet from the
> Bell monopolies.  We need your help in letting Congress know that what
> they're trying to do, on the Bells' dime, is not okay with America.
> 
> We willing and ready to help you any way we can.  Please call or email
> Debra Sweezey of the US Internet Service Providers Alliance, and we'll
> give you all the information you need.  We will give you the contact
> information for your local representative in addition to sample
> statements or letters, or we're happy to contact your representative
> on your behalf.  Whatever's easiest for you.
> 
> We hope you will join the fight for a free and open Internet.  We need
> you!
> 
> This message comes to you through the United States Internet Service
> Providers Alliance (USISPA), an alliance of state ISP associations
> and ISP across the country working to ensure a fair and competitive
> open telecommunications environment nationwide.  For more info
> or to find how you can help USISPA help you, email Debra Sweezey,
> Project Director for USISPA, at sweezey@usispa.org or call her at
> 202-326-0440.
> 
> =====
> Debra Sweezey
> Project Director, USISPA
> 202.326.0440
> sweezey@usispa.org
> -- 
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> Strata Rose Chalup [KF6NBZ]                      strata "@" virtual.net
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