Tauzin/Dingell Bill returns: Feb 2002

HR1542, the anti-competitive Tauzin Dingell bill, which would relieve monopoly RBOCs from the obligation to provide UNE and other high-speed components to competitors, is back again in the US House of Representatives. This bill will be discussed this week and is scheduled for a vote on February 27, 2002.

Feb 27 2002: This bill has passed the House with a substantial majority. While it is now expected to fail in the Senate, the House has now given the FCC a vote of confidence in its efforts to remove regulations from the monopoly telephone companies.

For those interested, the results of the House vote can be seen here.

Links to member ISP statements

Some NHISPA members have issued statements or calls to their customers to actively oppose this legislation. Check out what they have had to say:

Links to other anti Tauzin/Dingell sites or material

Study urges defeat of Tauzin/Dingell
Tauzin-Dingell is Evil (New Networks Institute):
washtech.com article: City, County, State Associations oppose bill
Feb 26, internetnews.com: Last-minute wrangling on Tauzin-Dingell bill
Copy of National Governors Association letter in opposition to HR1542 in MS Word format and in plain text format.

Tauzin/Dingell Bill returns: Feb 2002

Links to member ISP statements

Links to other anti Tauzin/Dingell sites or material

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