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Proposed new phone charges for internet access

The following is perhaps not exactly appropriate for this list, but is
something of interest and some urgency if you don't want your connection
costs to go up dramatically.

--Katherine


>>From: pubpros@synergistech.com (Andrew Davis)
>>Subject: Proposed new phone charges for internet access
>>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:32:57 -0800
>>
>>Would you spend less time online if you had to pay by the minute to access
>>your ISP? Here's a chance to fight the phone companies' proposal to impose
>>charges on all calls to ISPs, regardless of whether the call is a local one.
>>Please respond to isp@fcc.gov on or before 2/13/97.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>- Andrew Davis
>>>
>>=====
>>
>>NEW PHONE CHARGES FOR THE INTERNET (fwd)
>>
>>This is 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  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 litigation. Let everyone you know hear this one.
>>Get the e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
>>
>>Please forward this email to all your friends on the internet so all our
>>voices may be heard!
>>
>>__________________________________________
>>
>>If you want to say tuned to what the FCC is up to, send an e-mail address
>>to:
>>
>>subscribe@info.fcc.gov
>>
>>..and in the body of the message put:
>>
>>subscribe digest Your-first-name Your-last-name
>>
>>leave the subject blank.
>>
>>Nadya J. Tan
>>Project Assistant
>>INSTITUTE FOR ALTERNATIVE JOURNALISM
>>77 Federal Street, 2nd floor
>>San Francisco, CA  94107
>>phone 415-284-1419
>>fax 415-284-1414

Katherine Pyle
Berkeley, California, USA
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