roundtable: Re: Public Interest Amendments to Telecommunication Bills

roundtable: Re: Public Interest Amendments to Telecommunication Bills

Re: Public Interest Amendments to Telecommunication Bills

Daniel J. Weitzner (djw@eff.org)
Fri, 25 Feb 1994 12:04:48 -0600 

Message-Id: <199402251706.MAA23239@eff.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 12:04:48 -0600
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: djw@eff.org (Daniel J. Weitzner)
Subject: Re: Public Interest Amendments to Telecommunication Bills

At 11:23 AM 2/25/94 -0500, Samuel A. Simon wrote:
>ACTION ALERT:
> 
>SUPPORT PUBLIC INTEREST AMENDMENTS TO TELECOMMUNICATION BILLS:
> 

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>            PUBLIC INTEREST AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 3636
>
>
>I. UNIVERSAL SERVICE AMENDMENT:
>
>
>   Add a new Section 101(b), as follows:
>
>
>      "(2) To make available, so far as possible, to all the people of 
>the United States, reg of location or disability, a switched, broadband 
>telecommunications network capable of enabling users to originate and 
>receive the following:

Is there are missing line here?   Receive that following what?


>II.  PUBLIC INTEREST RATES
>
>     Amend the provision of the bill at page 15, after line 5, add the 
>following:
>
>     "(iii) Such plan shall address the need for access to 
>telecommunication services at incremental cost by non-profit, public 
>institution, public education, library and government entities, bo


What is the end of this section? 

Why incremental cost?  How does this proposal compare to the Public
broadcasting proposal which sets aside 20% capacity for free access, or 
the Hollings bill which calls for prefential rates?


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