IP: FCC: REGULATORY JURISDICTION DOES NOT IMPLY REGULATORY ACTION

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Federal Communications Commission chairman William E. Kennard has reiterated 
that the FCC has no intention of making computer users pay long-distance 
fees for dial-up access to the Internet, despite the FCC's recent decision 
that dial-up calls to the Internet are interstate communications subject to 
federal jurisdiction. "I want to say this as clearly as I can ... As long 
as I'm chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this agency will 
not regulate the Internet." (Associated Press 12 Mar 99)