roundtable: Comm Act Links

roundtable: Comm Act Links

Comm Act Links

Howard Frederick (hfrederick@igc.apc.org)
Sun, 10 Dec 1995 06:10:37 -0800 

Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 06:10:37 -0800
From: Howard Frederick <hfrederick@igc.apc.org>
Message-Id: <199512101410.GAA00904@cdp.igc.apc.org>
To: "Moderator of conference list.roundtable" <roundtable@cni.org>
Subject:       Comm Act Links


Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 23:25:07 -0600
[from]karla-tonella@uiowa.edu (Karla Tonella)
Subject: Communications Act (H.R. 1555 & S. 652)

I've put together a page of links to the text of the
proposed Communications Act of 1995 and a variety of
analyses and opinion about it.

You'll find the link at the bottom of the University of
Iowa's Communication Studies web page and at the bottom of
our Journalism and Mass Communication pagesThe URLs are:

http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/gw/comm/        or try
http://www.arcade.uiowa.edu/gw/journalism/

This is what's there:

Communications Act of 1995: H.R. 1555 & S. 652

The Texts of H.R. 1555 and S. 652 (links provided by the
Alliance for Competitive Communications. Also includes
statements by various legislators and related proposed
legislation.

Center for Media Education, The "A coalition of public
interest groups asks the Internet community to urge their
Congressional Representatives to vote against 'The
Communications Act of 1995,' H.R. 1555 and S. 652."

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) CSPR
has released a "plain English" analysis of upcoming
telecommunication regulations and their potential impact on
the contents, use, and growth of the Internet.

Benton Foundation, The The Benton Foundation "organized the
'Public Interest Summit,' a national forum for
Administration officials and 700 pubblic interest leaders to
address the social, economic, and political impacts of the
[National Information Infrastructure]." This is their
analysis of H.R.  1555

Ralph Nader and the Consumer Project on Technology Ralph
Nader, James Love and Andrew Saindon, July 15, 1995 letter
on Federal Telecommunications Legislation - Impact on Media
Concentration.

Regional Bell Operating Companies viewpoint on the bill "The
Alliance for Competitive Communications comprises the seven
Regional Bell Operating Companies Ameritech, Bell Atlantic,
BellSouth, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications
Inc. and U S West."  "The following response to the start of
the Conference Committee deliberations on 1995
telecommunications legislation may be attributed to Gary
McBee, chairman of the Alliance for Competitive
Communications."

LDDS WorldCom opposing viewpoint LDDS Worldcom, one of the
four largest long-distance companies in the U.S., expressed
strong opposition today to the latest version of
telecommunications legislation moving through Congress.

Update on Telecommunications Legislation Pepper and
Corazzini law firm comparison of senate and house versions.

Clinton administration statements on the H.R. 1555 and
related legislation before the House Commerce Committee, May
15, 1995

Clinton administration statements regarding S. 652: The
Telecommunications Competition and Degregulation Act of
1995.

Telecommunications Glossary (LDDS WorldCom Network Services)



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