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Ministry plan will enable full-time, cheap Net access (Japan)
Yomiuri Shimbun
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The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry plans to allow in
September companies other than Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East
Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. to access a
subscriber telephone line without connecting to an NTT switchboard,
enabling users be continuously connected to the Internet, The Yomiuri
Shimbun learned Wednesday.
The plan is expected to prompt high-speed access to the Internet,
and to achieve it the ministry will revise a ministerial ordinance
based on the Telecommunications Business Law.
The point where non-NTT companies will access under the plan is
called a main distributing frame (MDF), where all the telephone lines
used by NTT subscribers converge to enable check-ups and repairs.
Currently, an Internet user in Japan logs on to the Internet via an
ordinary telephone line, connecting first to an MDF and then to a
switchboard. Because this method always passes through an NTT
switchboard, the longer users remain online, the higher the fee.
The plan allows non-NTT companies to directly link to an MDF,
enabling them to offer cheaper Internet access services, as
subscribers to such services would not have to dial up every time
they access the network.
In addition, the fee for using a telephone line between a subscriber
and an MDF would be covered by the fee paid by a subscriber to NTT.
By allowing non-NTT communications companies to directly link to
MDFs, the ministry expects to be able to provide asymmetrical digital
subscriber line (ADSL) services, which enable users to continuously
stay online via standard copper telephone lines.
The ADSL has become increasing popular in the United States, and the
ministry expects ADSL services to be provided to Japanese users at a
cost similar to that in the United States, about 5,000 yen a month.
The ministry's plan is expected to drastically improve Internet
access in Japan, which is lagging behind the United States in terms
of online accessibility.
Currently, communications companies for long-distance and
international calls are prohibited from bypassing NTT switchboards
to access NTT subscriber lines. Therefore, such companies have been
required to pay for the amount of time subscribers use the NTT
switchboards.
However, the recent growth in telecommunications technology has made
possible communication channels that make telephone switchboards
obsolete.
On July 2, the ministry's panel studying the calculation of access
fees released a report on the issue via the Internet. It said that
allowing companies to directly access MDFs would widely popularize
ADSL services, which would in turn enable high-speed Internet
access.
The panel invited comment from the public concerning the report
until Wednesday, and found that most people agreed with it.
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A top official with the private organization assuming the future
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skeptical members of Congress who are unhappy months into the
process.
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Anti-spam activists are taking their cause to the Net, and to the
courts If you spend any time at all on the Internet, you probably
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unwanted dreck.
- Gas wars fuel Internet revenge (Canada)
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- FTC Sues Free Web Site Designers (US)
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have bilked thousands of small businesses of millions dollars by
billing for unauthorized services, according to a lawsuit filed by
the Federal Trade Commission. Recent cases prompted a congressional
inquiry.
- New Web Tools Get Daily Tasks Done (US)
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- Net's Great Minds Network (US)
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- Ministry plan will enable full-time, cheap Net access (Japan)
The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry plans to allow in
September companies other than Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East
Corp. and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. to access a
subscriber telephone line without connecting to an NTT switchboard,
enabling users be continuously connected to the Internet, The Yomiuri
Shimbun learned Wednesday.
- Web Talk Getting Crowded (US)
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Representatives from Latin America and the
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electronic trade and copyright enforcement, conference organizers
said Thursday.
- Netscape releases Chinese-language browser (Asia)
SHANGHAI, China--Netscape Communications is searching for more
partners in China to expand its Internet business, a top company
official said today.
- Computer Void Limits Working Poor, Study Finds (US)
At a time when many companies are posting job opportunities on the
Internet and are requesting that job applicants submit their resumes
via e-mail, a new study finds that less than half of the working poor
have access to the Internet or a computer at work or at home.
- Surfing the net to buy abroad (Ireland)
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- A Special Report
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Testimony of Jon Weinberg, Professor of Law, Wayne State University
before the U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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