This isn;t exactly a hoax, but, this proposal by the RBOC's was rejected
by the FCC last year. Please pass this on up the chain, and to anyone
you may have forwarded it to.
Greg
William Chapman wrote:
>
> READ READ READ...........I deleted the long list that accompanied this
> E-mail. Very Important for the Future of the internet!!!!!
>
> Subject: TELEPHONE INTERNET CHARGES
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 16:51:31 +0000
> From: franke10@bellatlantic.net
> To: TDW@CYBER-QUEST.COM, Virginian <pwimsey@win.bright.net>,
>
> READ THIS! READ THIS! READ THIS! READ THIS!
>
> Our local telephone company has filed a proposal with the
> FCC to impose per minute charges for your internet service. They contend
>
> that your usage has or will hinder the operation of the telephone
> network. It is my belief that internet usage will diminish if users were
>
> required to pay additional per minute charges. The FCC has created an
> email box for your comments, responses must be received by February 13,
> 1998. Send your commentsto isp@fcc.gov and tell them what you think.
>
> EVERY PHONE COMPANY is in on this one, and they are trying to sneak it
> in just under the wire for litiagation.
>
> Let EVERYONE YOU KNOW hear this one. Get the e-mail address to EVERYONE
> you can think of.
>
> isp@fcc.gov
>
> --
> Bill Chapman
> Bchapman@adelphia.net
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