Telephony Regulation and the Internet
Background
Overview of Berkeley workshop
Describes the issues to be examined.
Extract from FCC NPRM 96488
This two-page extract contains the relevant passages from the FCC NPPR on
access charge reform having to do with Internet service providers.
FCC Fact Sheet
About "the FCC, Internet Service Providers, and access charges."
FCC Bandwidth Forum
This is a transcript of the Jan 23, 1997 hearings on the prospects for high-speed
residential communications. Also available in WordPerfect
format.
Confirmed attendees
List of confirmed attendees at the workshop.
Final agenda
Agenda for workshop.
Congestion at the local loop
Internet economics: the FCC chimes in
Overview of Internet regulatory problems facing FCC.
McCain quote
About LEC switch congestion.
Bell Company Studies
Four studies of impact of dial-up Internet access on LECs. (Maintained
by CIX, which also has other useful
information.)
Report of Bell
Atlantic on Internet Traffic
Reports on the impact of ISPs on local switch congestion.
Internet congestion: crisis or come on?
Remarks by Michael Fitzpatrick,
President and CEO, Pacific Bell Enterprises about congestion at
the local loop.
Surfing the Second Wave
Impact of Internet traffic on Pac Bell.
PCN - Internet Thruway
Description of product that "removes the burden of long-duration
data and Internet traffic on the voice network by elegantly diverting
these calls to a data network."
Too Much of a Good Thing
Overview of Bellcore report on "The Impacts of Internet Traffic
on Local Exchange Carrier Networks and Switching Systems".
Pac Bell says Net use may collapse phone system
Article from San Jose Mercury News
ISDN rate hearings thrown for a loop:
Microsoft offers fast, cheap alternative
4 POTS lines = 1 ISDN line.
DATA coalition
News item about DATA coalition, a group opposed to usage-based pricing for
ISPs.
Telephone gridlock questioned
Another news item about DATA coalition.
Internet Access Coalition Home Page
A group dedicated to maintaining the affordability of Internet
access over telephone lines and accelerating the availability of
inexpensive digital telephone network connections to the Internet.
Comments on FCC Bandwidth Forum from James Love
Comments critical of LEC congestion claims.
The Effect of Internet Use on the Nation's Telephone Network
A study prepared for the by Lee for the Internet Access Coalition by Selwyn
and Joseph Laszlo of Economics and Technology, Inc. (This document is in PDF
and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. The document is 4.4MB.)
Discussion of FCC NOI
From law firm of Peppper and Corazzini.
Phone companies can't spare a dime
Article from NEWS.COM about congestion.
Bypass and access charges
FCC
NOI on Interstate Access Charge Reform
Also available as a WordPerfect
document.
FCC NPPR on Internet and Interstate Information Services
Tentatively concludes that providers of information services (including Internet service providers) should not be subject to interstate access charges
that local telephone companies currently assess on long-distance carriers.
State of Internet Telephony
Overview of current state of internet telephony.
Background on Internet telephony
From the Internet Telephony
Consortium.
Internet Telephony Consortium
MIT group offering information about Internet telephony.
The Effect of
Internet Telephony on the Long Distance Voice Market
An economic analysis.
An analysis of the ACTA Filing to the FCC on Internet Telephony
A critique of the ACTA filing.
Voice on Internet Coalition
Group advocating voice on Internet.
Reveiw of 12Web phones from CNet
Comparative review.
Summary of ACTA Petition
Materials relating to petition by America's Carriers
Telecommunications Association (ACTA), which asked that the sale
Internet Telephony software be banned and that the FCC regulate the
Internet as a telecommunications service.
ACTA petition page
More information on ACTA petition.
Videoconferencing FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about video conferencing.
ISPs Ready Doomsday Defense To Thwart FCC Rule Change
Article describing alleged strategy by ISPs to avoid access charges.
Other resources
Telecom Information Resources on the Internet
Comprehensive set of links maintained at University of Michigan.
The Information Economy
Lots of links to materials having to do with information economics.
Telecommunications
Act of 1996
Full text of Act.
High Bandwidth Web Page
Lots of links to pages about high bandwidth.
FCC
FCC homepage.
Other news items