Both the California ISP Association (www.cispa.org) and the American ISP Association (www.aispa.org) are active on this issue. You can contact/join one of these to coordinate. CISPA is a California group only in the sense that there was a critical mass of ISPs getting steamrolled by SBC Pacific Bell in California that decided they had to work together. Cooperation with ISPs outside Ca. are absolutely welcome. CISPA has a mailing list for members that is active on a daily basis lately with political issues. It's still news to me that Dingell is up for re-election. Brian Curnow SONNET Networking LLC On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, William Allen Simpson wrote:
In my earlier message, I used a "political term-of-art" incorrectly. Lynn Rivers has a "demographic" advantage in her race with Dingell.
Also, Rivers for Congress does take PAC money and some PACs have been very helpful in past years. But she relies on individual contributions to a greater degree than most Congressional campaigners.
There, now the lawyers will rest more easily.... and you were bored with trivia. Sorry.
The point remains, ISPs need to band together on these political issues before we are crushed. AFAIK, the only organization we've joined (ISP/C) doesn't do that sort of thing. Is there a group that does?
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