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[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>I got a few calls this morning from various very reliable sources who have
>been reading your missives, telling me that the RBOCs are heavily lobbying
>the hospitals and schools saying if they support regulating the Internet as
>a common carrier, then the telephone company will wire up their buildings
>cheap, and give them deep discounts on telephone and Internet service,
>which they are forbidden to do today (they say). Sounds great to a
>hard-pressed hospital administrator who knows nothing about telecom. Some
>of our best friends think its a real deal.