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To: mr.mark who wrote (2392)	3/14/1999 11:47:00 PM
From: RJL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110645

Just a quick thought on that article you found: "AP News Service WASHINGTON (AP) _ The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, bombarded anew with e-mails from computer users fearing government regulation of the Internet, tried again Thursday to dispell the notion. ''I want to say this as clearly as I can ... as long as I'm chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this agency will not regulate the Internet,'' Bill Kennard told a meeting of telecommunications and Internet analysts." How exactly could they regulate anyway? It's not like the Internet is the property of the US or a US based company. Although I believe that there are areas on/of the Internet that could benefit from some sort of regulation, it's extremely difficult to regulate something that global. Then again, a few of strict Middle east countries attempt to... Just blabbering :) Richard