You're right... The phone company is lobbying in my local area, not national.
However HR 514 is a REALLY bad wireless privacy bill that tries to make
listening
illegal (even possibly police scanners), istead of enforcing much neede
encryption.
Andy L.
It was written:
> Andy,
> Are you sure it's HR 514?
>
> I checked out what was available
> through http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong009.html
> and HR 514 looked like it was dealing with
> something else.(Wireless Privacy)
>
> If there is such a bill, I'd like
> to know which one it is. I did a search
> on telecommunications and I didn't see
> a relevant one.
>
> Bob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Andrew Lindeman
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 3:36 PM
> > To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Tax on internet services...
> >
> >
> >
> > While there is no proposed tax on internet service, there is
> > something we should
> > be concerned with in congress right now.
> >
> > The phone companies are lobbying (again) to re-classify ISP
> > cals as long
> > distance. The bill is/was HR 514.
> >
> > Andy L.
> >
>
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