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[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>F - CITIZENS GROUPS ACT TO SAVE PUBLICLY OWNED INTERNET RESOURCE
>An unusually broad group including public interest organizations,
>local governments, ISPs, private companies, charities, churches and
>academics called on the Bush Administration not to give away the ".us"
>Internet top-level domain. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Don Evans,
>the groups ask Evans to reconsider a June 13, 2001 announcement that
>Commerce will give away the United State's unique country code to a private
>contractor at no cost. The contractor, however, will have the right to charge
>the public fees for use of .us. "If this were spectrum, we'd auction it 
>off for
>hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. Or we'd set some aside, 
>like
>public television, for public use. The Commerce Department plan does neither."
>CONTINUED HERE:  http://www.icbtollfree.com/article.cfm?articleId=5379



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