New bells and whistles, but the same old wires

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The recent global agreement for the deregulation of the world telecommunications market has been accompanied by promises of lower prices for phone calls. This agreement was reached based on the example of the American communications market which also recently underwent deregulation. Americans were promised that with the deregulation of US communications their phone service rates would drop and the information superhighway would arrive in homes across the country, via the integration of electrical, cable and telephone wires into a new fiber optic cable. Instead, the present wires are being reused and simply being sold under different names. Deregulation has become an avenue for companies to develope new marketing plans to sell services that are already available.

Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, International aspects, Telecommunications systems, Deregulation

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Internet law overturned in New York and Georgia; curbs on smut and anonymity are blocked

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Federal judges in Atlanta and New York have ruled that the States of Georgia and New York cannot enforce the law that would protect child from being exposed to indecent material on the Internet. The 1996 Federal Communications Decency Act was found to be unconstitutional by Judge Marvin Shoob of Atlanta as it prohibits the use of a pseudonym or anonymous communication on the Internet, which Judge Shoob ruled to be a violation of freedom of speech. In New York, Judge Loretta A. Preska ruled that the 1996 law violates a Constitutional clause that prohibits states from unduly interfering other state's activities and commerce. Civil liberties groups opposed to governmental censorship of the Internet, were pleased with the rulings of the Federal Judges.

Laws, regulations and rules, Internet, Telecommunications regulations, New York, Georgia, Government communications regulation, Censorship, Censorship issue

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Prepaid services help cut phone costs

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Although the thought of owning a cellular telephone and the services it provides might sound appealing, the prices can frequently run too high for you to keep track of them. The method of "prepaid services" has become a popular way to keep those prices down. All you have to do is buy a prepaid phone card and renew it when you need more time at your local convenient store.

United States, Services information, Services, Technology overview

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