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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.