judy@moray.UUCP (Judy Scheltema) (11/01/88)
>From uucp Thu Oct 27 20:40 CST 1988 >From dillo1!ehopper Thu Oct 27 20:40:15 1988 remote from hounix Received: by moray.UUCP (smail2.5) id AA09783; 27 Oct 88 20:40:15 CST (Thu) To: hounix!moray!judy hounix!moray!nuchat!root ssbn!bill ssbn!petro!bruce Subject: KTRK News story Here is the transcript of the news story on KTRK-TV regarding our meeting today: KTRK-TV News 6:00 PM 10/27/88 Reporter Tom Koche: "You might say there's been a showdown averted at the computer corral tonight. Southwestern Bell had planned to charge business rates to operators of computer bulletin boards in the Houston area. But computer buffs raised such an outcry that Bell decided not to raise it's rates at this time. "But the computer enthusiasts want Bell's assurance that rates won't be raised in the future because they consider bulletin boards hobbys instead of businesses." Reginald Hirsch (COSUARD President): "Our gameplan is to meet with Southwestern Bell officials, at their request, including some of their top management tommorrow -Friday- and there to see if we can reach some form of agreement. If we can't we are prepared to do whatever is necessary." Koche: "Bell says it believes some bulletin boards should be charged business rates, it just hasn't identified yet which ones." ------------------END OF TRANSCRIPT----------------------------------- NOTE: While the story implies that all is settled, the rollback of rates by Southwestern Bell is temporary. Some signals from them indicate that they still hold the view that ALL bulletin boards should pay business rates. Ed Hopper -- Judy Scheltema | uunet!nuchat!moray!judy Houston, Texas | bellcore!texbell!moray!judy