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From ibt-request Wed Nov 13 16:19:14 1991
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Received: by eff.org id AA01103
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(5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ibt-exploder@eff.org); Wed, 13 Nov 1991 16:19:14 -0500
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 16:19:14 -0500
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Message-Id: <199111132119.AA01103@eff.org>
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Reply-To: ibt
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Precedence: bulk
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To: ibt
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From: van (Gerard Van der Leun)
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Subject: You can help build the National Public Network. Here's how.
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[Please post this in your digests/moderated groups if you feel it appropriate]
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THE NATIONAL PUBLIC NETWORK BEGINS NOW. YOU CAN HELP BUILD IT.
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Telecommunications in the United States is at a crossroads. With the
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Regional Bell Operating Companies now free to provide content, the shape
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of the information networking is about to be irrevocably altered. But
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will that network be the open, accessible, affordable network that the
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American public needs? You can help decide this question.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently presented a plan to Congress
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calling for the immediate deployment of a national network based on
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existing ISDN technology, accessible to anyone with a telephone
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connection, and priced like local voice service. We believe deployment
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of such a platform will spur the development of innovative new
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information services, and maximize freedom, competitiveness, and civil
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liberties throughout the nation.
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The EFF is testifying before Congress and the FCC; making presentations
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to public utility commisions from Massachusetts to California; and
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meeting with representatives from telephone companies, publishers,
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consumer advocates, and other stakeholders in the telecommunications
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policy debate.
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The EFF believes that participants on the Internet, as pioneers on the
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electronic frontier, need to have their voices heard at this critical
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moment.
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To automatically receive a description of the platform and details, send
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mail to archive-server@eff.org, with the following line:
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send documents open-platform-overview
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or send mail to eff@eff.org.
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From ibt-request Thu Nov 14 07:47:21 1991
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Received: by eff.org id AA10854
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(5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ibt-exploder@eff.org); Thu, 14 Nov 1991 12:47:23 -0500
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Reply-To: ibt
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Precedence: bulk
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To: ibt
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1991 12:47:21 -0500
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From: Christopher Davis <ckd>
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Message-Id: <199111141747.AA10849@eff.org>
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Subject: Welcome to the Internet Brain Trust!
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Welcome to the Internet Brain Trust mailing list!
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In the coming months, the EFF will be working, with the help of our
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members and concerned networking constituents, on a fully detailed
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proposal to create an open platform for innovation in information
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services by speedily deploying afforable ISDN nation-wide.
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We are calling this effort "The Internet Brain Trust."
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The ibt mailing list is the major vehicle of this effort. In it we will
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be discussing technical, economic, and regulatory issues affecting the
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proposal. It is a moderated list.
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Submissions should be sent to ibt@eff.org.
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Addition/deletion requests and the like should be sent to ibt-request@eff.org.
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