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around the Internet gives the impression that some sort of sinister
operation is afoot here, that the FCC and the telephone companies are
trying to sneak this proposal through without anyone noticing, and
that it is up to each and every one of us to stop the evil FCC.
What garbage. In fact, the FCC has, at least tentatively, REJECTED
the telephone companies' proposal. The FCC is now simply asking you
if you agree or disagree with their decision.
The most disappointing aspect of this whole situation is that because
of the misinformation that has been distributed across the Internet
over the past couple of weeks, the FCC has received 100,000+ e-mail
letters, most of which flame them for making a decision that EVERYONE
AGREES WITH! Hands down, the flaming of the FCC is one of the
Internet's most shameful acts ever.
I also discovered another thing about the FCC that increased my
respect for their organization one-hundred-fold. Part of the ten-page
explanation that the FCC sent me states that their "existing rules
have been designed for traditional circuit-switched voice networks,
and thus may hinder the development of emerging packet-switched data
networks." Because of this, the FCC is also seeking the public's
comments on the implications of the Internet and its usage through the
public switched telephone network.
Folks, *ANY* government agency that stops and says 'hey, we can ALWAYS
use some more information so that we are better prepared for whatever
happens in the future' has earned my respect and admiration.
By the way, most of the information that I have shared with you today can
be found on the FCC's "ISP" homepage at:
http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html
If you would like to send your comments to the folks at the FCC (the
deadline for comments about their decision not to impose interstate
access changes on Internet service providers is Friday, February
14th), make sure that you check the FCC's ISP Web page first. At the
bottom of this page are some pretty specific instructions on what you
need to put in the subject line of you e-mail letter before you submit
it to the FCC.
Personally, I'm going to leave the poor folks at the FCC alone for a
while. They seem to be doing a great job in the face of unnecessary
(and misinformed) opposition.
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 97 11:40:00 -0000
From: mikebw@bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)
Subject: ISPs to be charged IEXC access fees?
Here is something I wrote about the FCC ISP issue and published widely,
including in the International Fidonews, vol. 13, no. 53, December 30, 1996.
Please feel free to circulate this widely.
-- Mike, N1BEE
Mike Bilow wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
MB> See:
MB> Linkname: CNNfn - FCC dials up reform of local-access fees -
MB> Dec. 24, 1996
MB> URL: http://cnnfn.com/hotstories/companies/wires/9612/24/fcc_wg/
MB> According to a minor comment at the end of the story, the
MB> FCC is now asking for public comment on whether ISPs should
MB> be treated like long distance companies for purposes of
MB> local access fee charges.
The FCC has posted a news release on this subject at
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/nrcc6088.txt
and the full text in both ASCII and WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows formats at
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/fcc96488.txt
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Notices/fcc96488.wp
The FCC seems quite cautious, if not outright terrified, realizing that
messing
with the Internet too much could kill it. In fact, the FCC very much seems to
understand the real problem:
288. We tentatively conclude that information service providers
should not be required to pay interstate access charges as currently
constituted. As we have explained throughout this Notice, the existing
access charge system includes non-cost-based rates and inefficient rate
structures. We see no reason to extend this regime to an additional class
of users, especially given the potentially detrimental effects on the
growth of the still-evolving information services industry. Although our
original decision in 1983 to treat ESPs as end users rather than carriers
was explained as a temporary exemption, we tentatively conclude that the
current pricing structure should not be changed so long as the existing
access charge system remains in place. The mere fact that providers of
information services use incumbent LEC networks to receive calls from their
customers does not mean that such providers should be subject to an
interstate regulatory system designed for circuit-switched interexchange
voice telephony. We seek comment on this tentative conclusion.
Comments in response to the inquiry are due February 21, 1997 and reply
comments are due March 24, 1997. The FCC will accept informal filings by
Internet e-mail; see http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html for instructions. Internet
e-mail filings must contain the proper caption code in the subject line, in
this case "CC Docket No. 96-263."
The full official caption for the Notice of Inquiry is "Usage of the Public
Switched Network by Information Service and Internet Access Providers, Common
Carrier Bureau Docket No. 96-263."
-- Mike
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