This is probably a first - and a big step towards requiring other info (gov't and corporate) to be posted online: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1999/nrcc9018.html FCC Increases Consumer Access to Long Distance Rate Information CC Docket No. 96-61 The Commission today required that long distance carriers publicly disclose their rates to the public in an easy-to-understand, clear format, once these services are detariffed. This will make it easier for consumers to obtain information to help select the long distance plan that best suits their individual needs. Consumers will be able to get information directly from carriers, and the on-line public disclosure requirement will help ensure that this information is dispersed as widely as possible. - snip - Specifically, this order requires long distance carriers to make the rates, terms, and conditions of their interstate, domestic, long distance services available to the public in at least one location during regular business hours. Carriers that have an Internet website must also post this information on-line in a timely and easily accessible manner. -snip - Action by the Commission March 18, 1999 by Second Order on Reconsideration (FCC 99-47). Chairman Kennard, Commissioners Ness, Powell and Tristani, with Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth dissenting. Commissioners Ness, Furchtgott-Roth, Powell and Tristani issuing separate statements. kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
