A Federal Communications Commission official, who declined to be identified, said the FCC is trying to decide how the law should apply to IP telephony and what types of Internet phone calls should be covered. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is promising consumers that a pending decision won't lead to charges by the minute for connecting to the Internet by phone. Kennard said the FCC has no intention of repealing an existing provision that exempts Internet service providers, such as America Online, from paying per-minute charges to local telephone companies. Published guidelines concerning the national cryptography policy and statements on the use of cryptographic products. The International Telecommunication Union today closed the 1998 Plenipotentiary in Minneapolis with the signing of the final acts by 157 member states.
Many states have laws against unsolicited commercial email unless consumers agree to opt-in.
Netscape Communications Corp. will unveil its entry in the growing market for software to help businesses bill their customers over the Internet. The battery must be connected, but it is not necessary to make a call to be traced automatically. Problems in America Online's past have not done significant harm to the company's image among new members, according to a study released today. America Online Inc.'s 13 million members have been kicked off EFNet, the nation's oldest and largest Internet relay chat network, due to operational disagreements between AOL and EFNet administrators. Despite the dazzling growth of the Internet in China, most Net entrepreneurs say there are still too few people online for them to turn a profit anytime soon.