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What appears below is an unsubstantiated rumor, but some rumors are true... -jrf ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Return-Path: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 8 Feb 97 16:41:22 EST >To: [email protected], [email protected] >From: "Bruce B. Bottomley" <[email protected]> >Subject: Fw: Telephone charges for Internet > > >Does anybody know if there's truth in this one? The concept doesn't sound >extraordinarily unlikely given the info we received from the FCC rep at FNC >a few months back about central office loading, allocation of costs and >revenues, etc., but the lack of publicity associated with this--if true--is >a bit surprising. > >>Subject: Fwd: Telephone charges for Internet >> >>>I am writing you this to inform you >>>of a very important matter currently under review by the FCC. Your 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, 1997. Send your comments to >>>[email protected] 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 >>>litigation. Let everyone you know hear this one. Get the e-mail address to >>>everyone you can think of. >>> >>>[email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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