Bay Area Open Access Coalition Praises Judge's Ruling in Portland Open Access Court Case.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- The Bay Area Open Access Coalition said it was pleased with today's US District Court ruling which upheld Portland, Oregon's legal authority to require open access for any Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. to broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). cable lines as part of its franchise agreement with AT&T. "Open access to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is key to continuing the incredible cultural, intellectual and technological explosion that has been the engine behind the tremendous growth of the Bay Area economy," said Katie Roper, Acting Director of the Bay Area Open Access Coalition (BOAC BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation (now British Airways) BOAC Billed Office Address Code BOAC Board of Aviation Commissioners (Indiana) BOAC Blazing Outdoor Adventurers & Co Pte Ltd ). "No one should have a monopoly on accessing the Internet." "We think this court case should be a wake up call for Bay Area cities that they have the jurisdiction to make decisions that protect their citizens' rights to free and open access to the Internet," Roper added. BOAC has been leading an aggressive lobbying effort to get the San Francisco Board of Supervisors The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislature of San Francisco, California. Government and politics As the official name implies, the City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county to require non-discriminatory access to AT&T's high-speed cable lines as part of its approval of the transfer of TCI's cable franchise to AT&T. The Bay Area Open Access Coalition (BOAC) is a group of ISP's, Web-based service providers, consumer groups, and others who believe cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. users should have access to any Internet Service Provider. To obtain a copy of the court case, go to www.natoa.org Visit BOAC at www.boac.net email the coalition at oacoalition@yahoo.com |
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