roundtable: Re: "draft telecommunications bill"

roundtable: Re: "draft telecommunications bill"

Re: "draft telecommunications bill"

Sean McLaughlin (seanm@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu)
Mon, 6 Mar 1995 12:30:11 -1000 

Date: 	Mon, 6 Mar 1995 12:30:11 -1000
From: Sean McLaughlin <seanm@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: "draft telecommunications bill"
In-Reply-To: <v0211010eab74978bd88e@[193.120.234.109]>
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On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, Richard K. Moore wrote:
> 
> Here's a suggestion: let's begin posting & discussing _brief_ outlines 
> of principles on which to base model legislation.  


By way of contribution to this discussion -

A principle for telecommunications regulation:

I.     All revenues derived from regulation of telecommunications 
       will be dedicated to public benefits relating to the technology 
       from which they derive.
 

While dedicating resources to public benefits (ie. noncommercial 
applications and services), this principle will indirectly benefit 
the industries that invest in the technology.  The idea is that public 
benefits can also benefit the industries that create them.

Therefore:
- cable franchise fees should be entirely dedicated to PEG 
  access TV or other cable related PEG services (I-nets, etc.);
- pcs spectrum auction revenues should be dedicated to 
  wireless public, educational and governmental services;
- telco franchise licensing fees and utility taxes should be 
  dedicated to universal service, discounted education and government 
  connections, and other wireline public benefits;
- and the same goes for broadcast media and the rest.


Pros?  Cons?  Thoughts?


Sean McLaughlin
Honolulu, HI
<seanm@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

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