Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: biar!jhood@uunet.uu.net (John Hood) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: FCC AOS Order Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 89 13:32:57 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: jhood@biar.UUCP (John Hood) Organization: Biar Games Inc., Ithaca, NY Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 134, message 2 of 10 In article DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu) (DOUGLAS SCOTT REUBEN) writes: >After reading the lengthly FCC rulemaking order on AOS outfits >(and THANKS for posting it!), I want to make sure I have the >'timetable' correct: Well, I don't know if it is or not, but... >3. The named AOS outfits MUST stop blocking and/or contact the owners > of COCOTS, dorm phones, etc, and require that they discontinue > blocking by April 27th, 1989. This isn't quite correct. In the appendix, there is an escape hatch that allows AOS companies to continue blocking as necessary to prevent people from abusing the network. Now I ask, who decides what blocking is necessary...? --jh -- John Hood, Biar Games snail: 10 Spruce Lane, Ithaca NY 14850 BBS: 607 257 3423 domain: jhood@biar.uucp (we hope) bang: anywhere!uunet!biar!jhood [food for disclaimer readers] [special dessert tidbit for broken mailers]