Here's where the cracks start to show in this bill - free access in libraries should be subject to this ban, and if there is any amiguity then the bill must be changed. Are there other instances?
On 6/14/05 10:39 PM, "Laura and lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the language from the bill: > > `(2) GRANDFATHER PROVISION- Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit a State or > local government or affiliated entity thereof from providing in any > geographic area within the jurisdiction of such government any service > that such government or entity was providing on the date of enactment > of the Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005.'. > > On Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at 08:27 PM, Susan Myrland wrote: > >> At a meeting this afternoon I brought up HR 2726. A woman attending >> from SD Public Library was unaware of it, and asked what it would mean >> for libraries that offer WiFi. My understanding is that any existing >> library would be grandfathered in, but no new services could be >> initiated. Is that what others have heard? >> > > > Laura Waterman Wittstock > Candidate for Minneapolis Library Board of Trustees > DFL and Labor endorsed > Minneapolis, MN > 612-387-4915 > www.laurawatermanwittstock.com > http://laurawatermanwittstock.blogspot.com/ > Wittstock for Library Committee > 913 19th Avenue SE, Mpls, 55414 > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
