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Re: FCC charges for INET usage!!



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preston morrow wrote:

> it's time to write our congressman,woman
> personally, if it sounds like a tax, looks like a tax, feels like a
> tax,
> smells like a tax, walks like a tax, guess What? ...
>
> surely if eneough responses are received by out congress
> representatives
> & state senators, they will at least have a notion of our feeling.
>
> forwarding this to everyone in your address book is encouraged!
>
> > yikes!  anyone heard about this?
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > I don't like the looks of this.
> >
> > Hi folks, Idont normally forward on mail but thought this pretty
> urgent!
> > Trouble's brewing...
> > If you wish to object, you should do so before Feb. 13.
> > 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,
> 1998.
> > Send your comments to isp@xxxxxxx 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 here this one. Get
> the
> > e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
> >
> >

Didn't we just deal with this last week.

The FCC delt with this in May and now fees are permited.

email the fcc with a query about this and they will send back a form
letter saying all is well

nathan