| Federal Communications Commission
Common Carrier Bureau
RECENT ACTIONS
Comment Sought on ACTA Internet Phone Petition (March 1996)
+ The Commission has issued a public notice inviting comment on
the petition filed by Americas Carriers Telecommunication
Association (ACTA) seeking a declaratory ruling, special
relief, and institution of a rulemaking proceeding dealing
with Internet telephony and with FCC regulation of the
Internet. Comments are due April 8, 1996, and reply comments
are due April 23, 1996.
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[ Full text of this petition is at http://www.freetel.com/fccpet.htm ] |
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In article ,
Thomas James wrote:
Does anyone have any idea what the hardware component of this does? I
downloaded the software and it organizes audio files and schedules
streaming content from the internet. OK fine, the free software does
what its supposed to do. Great. Its supposed to convert e-mail and
MS
Word documents (and any other text I would guess) to voice too. Even
better.
What I cant figure out is what the hardware component, the US $70
adapter actually does. All the information Ive seen is that it
connects to a PC via the soundcard line out and to any portable Sharp
MD
recorder via the line in. I also found something that said it supplies
power from the PCs PS/2 keyboard jack to the power jack on any Sharp
portable.
So its a glorified power source/analogue cable from what I gather.
Does
anyone have any more information about this device (i.e. why anyone
would want to spend $70 on it).
Thanks in advance.
Thomas
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| The Internet is a unique form of wire communication. It is a
resource whose benefits are still being explored and whose value
is not fully realized. Its capacity is not, however, infinite.
The misuse of the Internet as a way to bypass the traditional
means of obtaining long distance service could result in a
significant reduction of the Internets ability to handle the
customary types of Internet traffic.
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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. |
| Offering media activists the means to globally distribute and share
programming and content, the internet will continue to play an ever
increasingly important role in the democratization and decentralization
of news and information. Learn: how to use the internet to obtain audio
source material; what file formats and software are used; what audio
streaming and webcasting are, and how to set up an internet radio
station; about uploading content to the web in MP3 format; what
recording, playback, and editing software tools are available and their
application.
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