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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Reasonable and fair access to the Internet
3 benefits all citizens of Illinois; and
4 WHEREAS, Businesspersons and residents in some urban
5 areas must pay per-minute telephone charges to access
6 national Internet service providers because the access
7 numbers maintained by those Internet service providers are
8 more than 8 miles from their businesses or residences, while
9 businesspersons and residents in other urban areas currently
10 benefit from untimed telephone charges because those Internet
11 service providers maintain access numbers that are less than
12 8 miles from their businesses or residences; and
13 WHEREAS, High-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) service
14 is unavailable to businesspersons and residents in some urban
15 areas, while businesspersons and residents in other urban
16 areas currently benefit from DSL service; and
17 WHEREAS, Internet access is increasingly important for
18 educational and business purposes, and it is inappropriate
19 for businesspersons and residents in some urban areas to pay
20 high telephone charges and lack access to high-speed service
21 while businesspersons and residents in other urban areas
22 currently enjoy untimed telephone charges and have access to
23 high-speed service; therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we urge national Internet service providers to maintain
27 access numbers that are less than 8 miles from all businesses
28 and residences in urban areas of this State; and be it
29 further
30 RESOLVED, That we urge digital subscriber line (DSL)
31 service providers to provide DSL access to all businesses and
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1 residences in urban areas of this State; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to
3 the Illinois Commerce Commission with directions that the
4 Commission deliver a copy of this resolution to each national
5 Internet service provider that does business in Illinois and
6 to each digital subscriber line (DSL) service provider that
7 does business in Illinois.