Balancing the Commercial and Public-Interest Visions of the NII
t seems likely that the enormous consumer markets for electronic entertainment and for voice communications will dominate the modest resources invested in the many networks that make up the Internet and the bulletin board and other innovative information services accessible through the Internet. Thus the first responsibility of the Information Infrastructure Task Force is to assign responsibilities and formulate legislation to set policies, regulations and standards that ensure that the vision of a wired, information-rich nation is not obscured by the much larger emerging electronic entertainment markets.