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Re: HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation

  • From: Masataka Ohta
  • Date: Fri Sep 15 03:41:44 2000 
WSimpson;

> `(A) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding subsection (b)(5), after the date of 
> enactment of this paragraph, no local exchange carrier shall be 
> required to make any payment for the transport or termination of 
> telecommunications to the Internet or any provider of Internet access 
> service.

Web is not the Internet.

Web access service is not Internet access service.

So, it excludes NSPs network layer of which is terminated by a NAT
box within a state, doesn't it?

							Masataka Ohta

PS

Subscribers to Internet access service can use and are using voice
over the Internet, of course.