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To: MangoBoy who wrote (4941)	8/18/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) of 6846

[thread:] I got an interesting bit of political direct-mail today which takes aim at US West and urges the recipient to call their congress-critters to ask them not to make (unspecified) changes in telecom laws lobbied for by US West. I assume this thing was widely mailed since it's from a group that would only get my name and address if they used a broadly-based mailing list (since I'm not likely to be on lists from groups with similar politics). It's from an outfit called "Frontiers of Freedom". It seems to be a conservative/libertarian group judging from a few lines on the mailer like, "Frontiers of Freedom promotes a free and empowered citizenry served by a limited government." The message from the mailer is a bit jumbled, but it becomes clearer on the organization's web site at ff.org. The mailer is dominated by a large map of the US West territory showing a red "sold" sign for each rural exchange sold by USW in the past few years. From the mailer, it is unclear why the sale of these exchanges is considered a bad thing. The web site explains the issue more clearly: "If US WEST isn?t committed to rural service and can find other companies that want the business, it?s their right to sell off the phone franchises. "But now US WEST lobbyists are wandering the halls of Congress demanding wholesale changes in telecom laws if it?s to provide phone and Internet service to rural customers. ... "It?s one of the worst cases of corporate cynicism I?ve ever witnessed." It's hard to know what to make of this, but the map is intriguing for its own sake since it seems to show that US West is moving toward becoming ever more urban in its already urban-focused service areas. The web version of the map is here: ff.org

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