roundtable: Re: New Draft of Telcom Bill Out

roundtable: Re: New Draft of Telcom Bill Out

Re: New Draft of Telcom Bill Out

David Farber (farber@central.cis.upenn.edu)
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 07:51:04 -0500 

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Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 07:51:04 -0500
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
Subject: Re: New Draft of Telcom Bill Out


>From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <roundtable@cni.org>
>Subject: New Draft of Telcom Bill Out
>X-Comment: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable Forum
>
>
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>FINS SPECIAL REPORT                                     February 1, 1995
>========================================================================
>
>NEW DRAFT OF TELCOM BILL OUT
>No "Steamroller" In Sight But the "Monster Model" is Alive
>
>Washington, DC--The new draft of telecommunications legislation, the
>"Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995," was
>released at a press conference by this morning (Feb 1, 1995), by Sen.
>Larry Pressler (R-SD), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce,
>Science, and Transportation.  It may come as a non-surprise to some...
>the draft bill does not have a steamroller attached in any fashion,
>contrary to the prediction from telco whiz kid Dave Farber, which went
>surfing around the Net--without any confirmed source of information last
>month.  The Vice President and democratic members of Congress have been
>informed of the draft and are expected to make additions and suggestions,
>according to the chairman.


Ah to be a Whiz Kid again!!.  Vigdor -- ever think that the reason 
the draft bill was as it is may just be the noise sent around the 
net re the steamroller. And by the way, it was confirmed by several 
sources on the Hill during the surf.

Dave Farber
<farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>

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