You DC-area people (or anyone visiting next week) should try to get to this one: > Replies to: Aleck Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Special March 1999 TPR Meeting On > The Future of Open Internet Access > > > On Tuesday, March 2, 1999, the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable is > having a very special discussion on the future of open access. The FCC's > recent decisions on Section 706 and the AT&T/TCI merger have brought this > issue to the fore as the broadband future begins to take shape. > > The future of open broadband is literally the future of the Internet, and several > broadband service providers are jockeying to position themselves as > gatekeepers to the future Internet. How companies deploy broadband services > - and whether that deployment spurs or inhibits competition and nonprofit > access - will have a strong impact on a number of critical issues, including > the First Amendment, the digital divide between information haves and > have-nots, and the ability of local and community organizations to make use > of the interactive medium of the future. > > This is an open meeting, and we'd like to invite all of you to join us for this > critical discussion with representatives from AOL, AT&T, and the public > interest and consumer community. > > What: Telecommunications Policy Roundtable (TPR) Special March > 1999 Meeting on the Future of Open Access > > When: Tuesday, March 2, 1999, from Noon to 2:00pm > > Where: Carnegie Conference Center, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. > Metro: Dupont Circle South > > Agenda: Will the Internet Have Only One Gatekeeper? A Debate about > the Future of Open Broadband Access to the Net > Featuring: AOL, AT&T, and the public interest and consumer community > > > Replies to: Aleck Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* > > To subscribe to the Benton Communications-Related Headlines, > send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the body of the message, type only: > subscribe benton-compolicy YourFirstName YourLastName > > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
