From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 23:31:09 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Jump Start ecash With IPhone
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At 09:49 PM 3/6/96 -0800, Jim McCoy wrote:

>Just because LD is "deregulated" does not mean that it is without any
>governmental oversight, much as I wish it were...  LD companies still
>have to pay certain taxes (take a look at your next phone bill, they are
>clearly listed in addition to your actual phone charges) and I am certain
>that they have entire office buildings stuffed with drones filling out
>paperwork for Uncle Sam...
>
>jim
>

Granted.  Of course it is quite a jump to claim that a software program is a
"Long Distance Carrier."  If I run Winsock on my machine and a Winsock
application like Iphone, if anyone is the LD carrier, *I* am because I am
digitizing my voice and doing the first part of the switching necessary to
send the packets on their way.  Maybe the FCC should bust *me* for
practicing telecommunications without a license.  It would make for an
interesting case.

DCF