A steep hurdle to Web shortcut: fast computer access lines are stumbling over high prices
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Consumers are beginning to retreat as the price of high-speed Internet access climbs. The promise of fast Internet connections with ISDN has given way to skepticism, due to telephone companies' failure to market the technology and offer competitive pricing. Telephone companies are uncomfortable with the new technology, despite the potential to make considerable revenues. Telephone companies must act quickly to capture market share with ISDN, before faster access via cable modems becomes widely available. Observers consider telephone companies' failure to market ISDN effectively and offer consistent coverage a missed opportunity, but telephone companies still insist that they plan to make ISDN an option for the majority of consumers. Nevertheless, companies continue to charge the highest rates possible for ISDN connections, stifling the proliferation of the technology.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Germany's efforts to police Web are upsetting business
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Germany is cracking down on illegal use of the Internet by individuals and organizations. In May 1997, the head of the German Compuserve subsidiary was indicted by Munich prosecutors claiming that the company did not do enough to block the distribution of violent computer games and pornography. The government has proposed a new multimedia law that will make it easier for other industry executives to be prosecuted as well. Industry executives believe this situation is just the first of many which will arise from the clash of national governments and the nationless Internet. The US Supreme Court is considering a Federal law that makes sexually indecent material on the Web illegal. Germany's actions have brought objections from on-line service companies in both Germany and the US.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Europe is said to approve MCI's merger
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The European Commission has tentatively agreed to approve the takeover of MCI by Worldcom Inc, worth $37 billion, after the companies made concessions. MCI is to sell its main Internet businesses, and has agreed not to recruit their old customers. Worldcom is still allowed to pursue Internet businesses. Worldcom itself will not be allowed to pursue the wholesale Internet business, but will keep Uunet, the largest operator of the Internet's main 'backbone.' This agreement had been seen as a determining factor as to the success of the acquisition.
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The European commission tentatively agrees to approve Worldcom's bid for MCI
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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