Despite the dwindling media attention, Rush Limbaugh remains the top-rated radio talk show host in America. His continued success may be as much a testament to the endurance of radio, as the loyalty of his audience. For some children's sites, the cost of meeting the new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 is just too high. Some online firms find that they can't afford an extra staffer to sort through all the permission forms from parents. They are shutting down existing accounts of children who identified themselves as being under 13 and turning away new users in that age bracket during the Web site's registration process.
Some children are steamed about the changes at their favorite Web sites.
Boris Yeltsin's exit from the Kremlin has helped foster the investor interest in Russia's Internet sector. ICE Securities Ltd. In London. The Post notes that many large wireless companies are lobbying the FCC to remove regulations such as the cap on the amount of spectrum available to any one company, or the spectrum that is set aside for mid-sized companies. There is a growing gap in wireless Internet use between the U.S. and the rest of the world, but the Post also wonders whether the removal of regulations is the best way to close this gap. This suggests that competition, though vigorous, cannot be taken for granted.