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Re: ISP's as Common Carriers?

  • From: Shikhar Bajaj
  • Date: Tue Sep 02 18:30:42 1997 
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers to information (hopefully FCC
> documents) that classify ISP's as Common Carriers?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> --Eric
> -- 
> Eric Wieling ([email protected]), Corporate Communications Technology
> Sales: 504-585-7303 ([email protected]), Support: 504-525-5449 ([email protected])
> 
> A BellSouth Communications Specialist.  No, I don't work for BellSouth, I'm
> just on the phone with them so much that I'm an expert at getting them to do
> things.
> 

In regards to access charge reform, the FCC ruled, tentatively, that ISPs would not
be subject to local access charges currently being assessed on long-distance carriers.

See www.fcc.gov/isp.html


Shikhar