| Permitting long distance service to be given away is not in
the public interest. Therefore, ACTA urges the Federal Communi-
cations Commission (the Commission) to exercise its jurisdic-
tion in this matter and: issue a declaratory ruling establishing
its authority over interstate and international telecommuni-
cations services using the Internet; grant special relief to
maintain the status quo by immediately stop the sale of this
software; and institute rulemaking proceedings defining permissi-
ble communications over the Internet.
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| If broadcast.com wanted to take that data and save it directly to a file,
they could make the file available and it would still sound great. But it
wouldnt stream, unless an internet listener had a 128kbps connection to
their server. |
| This is a letter which I have just sent to the FCC regarding this recent
petition. Please, if you have any desire to safeguard the rights of the
people in America, and that of the entire Internet, write to the FCC.
(Url: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/WWW/hottopic.html#acta) |
| The software enables users to audibly
talk with one another in real-time. Respondents make a one-time
charge for the software, but users incur no other charges for
making local or long distance telephone calls to any other
Internet Phone user in the world (except for whatever the user
already pays monthly to whomever provides them Internet access).
...
[ Some justifications given for regulation in the publics interest ] |
| The software enables users to audibly
talk with one another in real-time. Respondents make a one-time
charge for the software, but users incur no other charges for
making local or long distance telephone calls to any other
Internet Phone user in the world (except for whatever the user
already pays monthly to whomever provides them Internet access).
..
[ Some justifications given for regulation in the publics interest ] |
