-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- It seems that the Government of the USA has been interfering with the free market to reward AT&T , I don't know how much AT&T's support of the Clipper Chip had to do with it but I'm sure it didn't hurt. In the May 13 New York Times: >The AT&T Corporation's winning bid for a $4 billion contract to >modernize Saudi Arabia's phone system ,WHICH HAD BEEN SUPPORTED >BY HEAVY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION LOBBYING , was hundreds of >millions of dollars higher than other bids [...] The huge-scale >deal, which was announced on Monday is the biggest >telecommunications contract in history. I think it's important for company's to realize there is also a downside for supporting Clipper. As a start ,I don't see how any self respecting Cypherpunk or Extropian could use AT&T as their personal long distance carrier . AT&T 's not the only company in bed with the government over Clipper (INTEL) but it is the most visible and the easiest to boycott, MCI and Sprint do a fine job. If 5% of the Internet users quit AT&T it would make other companies think twice before they endorse Clipper. John K Clark johnkc@well.sf.ca.us -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCzAgUBLdOeHX03wfSpid95AQEfMATw08p59yySy+t6yE87anzQF8MThp4gnHuz GXAvOYN4ibQjybLABDYgKXScMUSoBu5bxlI0PdtYIRVzc4SHEBLha7IR01I7ysqE oyIzweQuPC96BRivX0+cIVbNyZRMyegxw2DevyK9YGeHLnz12PaMgFwH5jzfapVO IXvWnkmmYbu4AuT8Ej3r1gPvKRzq4xb7oIOiOVWUpAd+bRElGcE= =rfvk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----