US/ND-2: Questions on State Responsibilities
Questions on State Responsibilities
Steven Clift (clift@northstar.state.mn.us)
Wed, 4 Sep 1996 17:31:14 -0500 (CDT)
I have been scanning the materials on the various telecommunication WWW
sites looking for a summary on the role of the Joint State and Federal
Board, but haven't found one yet. Any suggestions?
In general I am interested in finding out what decisions the states will
have to make regarding universal service, universal service funds, and
advanced telecommunications (i.e. direct or dial-up access to the
Internet) once the Joint Board and FCC finish their work in this area.
Does anyone have a sense of timeline on this?
I coordinate the State of Minnesota's WWW project and the access
to the Internet by the general public (be it through public access
sites, from home, or at work) will have a lot to with how aggressive
governments will be in the development of advanced information/transaction
services.
Sincerely,
Steven Clift
Project Coordinator, North Star
clift@northstar.state.mn.us
http://www.state.mn.us
P.S. Have any states began to measure indicators of competitive Internet
dial-up markets? Or simply quantified the number/percentage of local
telephone exchanges with zero, one, two, or more than three providers of
_local_ dial-up to the Internet? How about evaluation of Internet dial-up
costs in competitive versus non-competitive areas?