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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Clinton Signs Telecom. Law !
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 14:49:25
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- GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU wrote:
- : The first major revision of the US Telecomunications regulation since
- : 1937, was signed into law today by presedent (slick willy) Clinton.
- : He was observed to inhale several times as he signed the law with both
- : an ink pen and an electronic pen
-
- Note that at the signing, the "digital pen" failed and they had to use a
- scanned version of his signature.
-
- : (you can see his signature somewhere on
- : the www). Critics note that because of the law, it is now illegel to
- : discuss on the internet what the presedent did with half the women in
- : Arkansas (and not a few of the sheep). The presedent is still free to
- : continue doing it to the American people.
- : What does this mean to the Amiga? Hopefully it means ultra cheap
- : Internet provider fees.
-
- Please explain how censorship can lower prices. With restrictions on data
- content, ISPs need to charge more to 1) pay people to monitor what goes
- through their networks 2) ensure they have plenty of money to fend off legal
- action.
-
- : AT&T had a plan to offer IP services for as
- : little as $3.00 a month tacked on to your phone bill.
-
- This has nothing to do with the new communications bill.
-
- : The thing an
- : elcheapo web computer needs for lots of elpooro people to buy it is
- : a really low cost access to the web. Maybe now we will have it.
-
- Why?
-
- -- Mat.
-