From bctel.net!customer_service Mon Apr 6 16:49:20 1998 Return-Path:Received: from tera.bctel.net([204.174.64.252]) (6072 bytes) by www.nizkor.org via sendmail with P:esmtp/D:dotforward/T:pipe (sender: owner: ) id for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 16:49:17 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.98 1997-Oct-16 #1 built 1997-Oct-21) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by tera.bctel.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA15508 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 13:43:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown(192.168.126.55) by tera.bctel.net via smap (V2.0) id xma015476; Mon, 6 Apr 98 13:43:11 -0700 Message-ID: <35293E63.A35CDA3B@bctel.net> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 13:43:15 -0700 From: Customer Service Reply-To: customer_service@bctel.net Organization: BCTEL Advanced Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kmcvay@nizkor.org Subject: Fairview Technologies Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by tera.bctel.net id NAA15508 Status: RO BC TELECOM today clarified the steps it is taking in response to certain Web sites posted by Fairview Technologies Inc., an Internet service provider in Oliver, British Columbia. "We want to explain how we're dealing with this very complex and sensitive issue," said Dorothy Byrne, BC TELECOM's vice-president of law and regulatory affairs. "In this situation, we are Fairview Technologies' provider of Internet access through our higH-speed data network. "As a telecommunications carrier, it's not our role to monitor the use of our network by our customers. However, we can discontinue service when it's determined to be used for illegal purposes." Byrne added: "We don't want to play the role of censor, but at the same time we also don't want to do business with any company that violates criminal laws." BC TELECOM has provided to Fairview Technologies and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police copies of formal complaints received about material posted by the Oliver-based Internet service provider. "We have also met with both the B'nai Brith and the Canadian Anti-Racism Education & Research Society, and spoken with the office of the Attorney-General of British Columbia. In addition, we have hired legal counsel with specific expertise in this area to help us determine whether information on certain Web sites contravenes the Criminal Code," Byrne said. "We hope to complete that review by the end of next week." -30- For more information, please contact: Michelle Gagn=E9=20 Media relations manager 1-604-432-2949 (office) 1-800-892-4120 (toll-free pager) michelle_gagne@bctel.com For more information about BC TELECOM, please visit our Internet Web site at www.bctel.com.
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