Congressmen Call Cable Nets A Threat; Introduce `Internet Freedom Act'.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999-- Boucher, Goodlatte See Cable Industry As Threat Reps. Rick Boucher
Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher , D-Va., and Robert W. Goodlatte, R-Va., today said that they view the cable industry's general refusal to allow competing Internet service providers 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. (ISPs) to offer high-speed service See broadband. on their cable infrastructure as a threat to the development of Internet infrastructure technology. Goodlatte and Boucher made their comments at a press conference on Capitol Hill to introduce two bills that cover a wide swath of unbundled cable access, spam, digital signatures and the deployment of high-speed broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. . Robert Macmillan reports on the "Internet Freedom Act" and the "Internet Growth and Development Act" at Newsbytes.com -- http://www.newsbytes.com. Newsbytes.com, a division of Post-Newsweek Business Information Inc., delivers 70 to 80 stories each business day to more than 300 print publications and online services around the world, reaching more than 5 million readers. Post-Newsweek Business Information Inc. (PNBI), a technology-focused business unit of The Washington Post Company, is based in Vienna, Va., with offices in Silver Spring, Md., and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . |
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