roundtable: Re: Administration on Telco Bil

roundtable: Re: Administration on Telco Bil

Re: Administration on Telco Bil

Vigdor Schreibman - FINS (fins@access.digex.net)
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 05:24:11 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 05:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Re: Administration on Telco Bil
In-Reply-To: <n1413570718.49487@epic.org>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950425050909.25054B-100000@access4.digex.net>


Warming up the public through ambiguous leaks about expected White House
action on telecommunications reform, through a trusted member of the
public interest community, cannot resolve the Administration's pathetic
conduct in this domain.  The White House and all relevant advisory
committees remain captive to industry dictatorship on this issue, so what
can the people expect?  Action to bring the public fully into command of
the advisory councils; action to denounce and prohibit the "monster model"
of telecommunications; action to assure real competition that prohibits a
return to the Robber Baron era; and decisive action to secure an
infrastructure that will serve society and the environment without profit
pressures----that's what is needed.  But we are unlikely to get that
action when all that is forthcoming is propaganda, doublespeak, and half
baked leaks. 

Vigdor Schreibman
<fins@access.digex.net>


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On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, Marc Rotenberg wrote:
> 
> A White House report that will be distributed next week
> raises concerns about S. 652, the Telecommunications
> Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995.  This is the bill 
> that was reported out of the Senate Commerce Committee and 
> is expected to go to the Senate floor early next month.
> 
> According to the Administration the key issues are:
> 
> - effective competition tests
> - cable rate regulation
> - the role of the Department of Justice
> - the future of universal service
> - hooking up schools and libraries
> - foreign ownership
> 
> Marc.
> 
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