US/ND-3: Re: Checking in re us-nd
Re: Checking in re us-nd
Jerry Snyder (jls@sdp2)
Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:54:44 -0400
>To:Laurie Maak <laurie@info-ren.pitt.edu>
>From:jls@sdp2.philsch.k12.pa.us (Jerry Snyder)
>Subject:Re: Checking in re us-nd
>
>Laurie,
>
>I recently sat thru a 2 day seminar entitled, the Telecommunucations Act of
>1996: What It Means to Local Governments, sponsored by the National League of
>Cities. I was frankly hoping that this online seminar would have revealed
>efforts of schools/districts, IU's, etc to put our case before the FCC and the
>states' PUC's. Discussions of wireless or pilots or small grants don't cut it
>when the Act was to impact the entire K-12 infrastructure. As was pointed out
>at the NLC seminar, you can bet that every RBOC, as well as every other
>carrier (common and otherwise) is appearing before these regulatory
>commissions putting forth their case that K-12 ought to get some minor
>discounted rate while they reap enormous profits from deregulation.
>
>Unless we get our act together, the promise of the "Act" will only come to
>those who's PACs and lobbyists have sold the regulators with their one-sided
>story.
>
>Jerry
Jerrold L. Snyder
School District of Philadelphia
Network Systems and Telecommunications
734 Schuylkill Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19146
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