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This is a Democratic political issue, first brought to the fore by Bill Clinton and his lackeys.

In North Carolina, former Clinton Chief of Staffer Erskine Bowles returned to NC and set up something called the "Rural Prosperity Task Force" to involve leaders from all across the State to back Clinton's assertion that there was a so-called "digital divide." (What it was is another gimmick to establish a political base)

The fact of the matter is that rural areas in North Carolina already have access to the Internet, and in many remote rural areas, DSL is being provided by the Rural Cooperatives, who have been bringing advanced technologies to rural people since the 1950's.

For more information, visit the web site of www.jsitel.com (a consulting firm to the telecommunications industry), the National Telephone Cooperative Association www.ntca.org, or www.carolinalink.org, a North Carolina coalition of rural cooperatives.

Rural people in some of the most backwoods areas of North Carolina and other states can get DSL, while Verizon customers near Washington, D.C., and other major cities are still waiting.

This Bill provides limited interLATA data relief to Bell companies for the purpose of hauling data over the Internet backbone networks so this area of the Internet is subject to increased competition.

This is a Democratic political issue, first brought to the fore by Bill Clinton and his lackeys.

H.R.1542 Sponsor: Rep Tauzin, W. J. (Billy)(introduced 4/24/2001)

And just where did you get your information?