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To: gnuman who wrote (74590)	2/26/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Jeff Fox	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Gene, No change in ISP local call access - - - but... Read the articles. The reporters are so confused that different ones lead with directly opposite headlines from the story! This is a tiff between the RBOCs and the new upstart "local" providers. Seems that these smaller companies have cornered a bunch of ISPs. By their nature, ISPs get lots of calls, but do not place outgoing calls. The small phone cos. are shaking down the RBOCs big time for this. Bottom line - no change to consumers, but the revenue sharing contracts are whacked and need to be fixed. The losers will be the smaller phone co.s losing their windfall. Some excerpts from news.com The commissioners took pains to emphasize that their decision would not affect consumers' Internet phone bills. "It doesn't affect the way consumers get dialup access to Internet," said chairman William Kennard. "Nothing we're doing here should be construed as regulating the Internet." But the decision was made under protest by one commissioner, who has argued that it could inadvertently open up the possibility for courts to impose per-minute access charges on ISPs. Jeff

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