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[IP] AOL IM Petition -- Comments of Gerry Faulhaberand Dave Farber on the Petition

dahamsta · 2003-04-09 10:46:17

Background: AOL recently petitioned the FCC to remove a restriction that prevents them from releasing Instant Messaging clients with high-speed features like video streaming unless they make their protocols interoperable. This restriction was required as part of the AOL Time Warner merger. The following is a PDF of Gerry…

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09-04-2003 11:46am

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Background: AOL recently petitioned the FCC to remove a restriction that prevents them from releasing Instant Messaging clients with high-speed features like video streaming unless they make their protocols interoperable. This restriction was required as part of the AOL Time Warner merger. The following is a PDF of Gerry Faulhaberand and Dave Farber's comments on this petition. I thought it would be of interest to economics groupies.

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6513882354

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