roundtable: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

roundtable: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore

Taylor Walsh (twalsh@cap.gwu.edu)
Thu, 31 Mar 1994 09:43:35 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 09:43:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Taylor Walsh <twalsh@cap.gwu.edu>
Subject: Re: Live from the Summit - Report # 5 - Speech by Gore 
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To: <9403292036.aa22212@q2.ics.uci.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.07.9403310934.E19635-b100000@cap.gwu.edu>

On Wed, 30 Mar 1994, Rob Kling wrote:
> 
> I was stunned by the purified and odd symbolic dimensions of Gore's 
> talk...  (Improve education by wiring up every classroom, but support 
> no other changes in pedagogy, resources, skilling, etc.)

I don't think that's his role here.
 
> He refuses to speak about the interests of the telecos and cablecos, 
> the really huge players in the NII game. 

My reading is that the VP and his policy people are obliged to tread
the line between public service and industrial imperatives carefully
at this stage of the game.  Lots of people are disappointed in Gore's
apparent aversion to taking the lead in defining the formula that will
provide universal digital access.  I think that will be a job for 
people and organizations at the grass roots to make the case to
their regulatory agencies.  It seems to me Gore et al are helping from
the federal level by creating the TIIAP program which in turn will
help make the case at the local level.


Taylor Walsh               Executive Director, CapAccess (Washington)
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