Re: Finland makes broadband access a legal right

[Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:51 13AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Holmes,David A wrote:
>
> > Does a "... certain inventor of the Internet ..." refer to the High
> > Performance and Communications Act of 1991, also known as the "Gore
> > Act"? The 1991 Act, based on a study by Dr. Leonard Kleinrock ("Towards
> > a National Research Network") created the commercial Internet that we
> > know and work with today.
>
> I don't know, but I do know that Larry Pressler was the sole sponsor of the  Telecommunications Act of 1996, which is 
> where E-rate came from. This was when the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, and as far as I know 
> Senator Gore had nothing to do with this bill; he didn't even offer any amendments.
And while Gore was president of the Senate in 1996, he wasn't Senator Gore then...



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