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Subject:Re: [Fwd: Important Information!!] From:Emru Townsend <emru -at- CORECO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:39:38 -0500
Not this again!
Unless the situation has changed since I first saw this (1986 or so), this
issue is deader than a doornail. Please don't forward this without first
verifying it with the FCC.
Emru Townsend
emru -at- coreco -dot- com
>IMPORTANT INFORMATION
>
>JUST RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON ASAP!
>
>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. E-Mail, in my
>opinion, 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, 98.
>
>Send your comments to ""isp -at- fcc -dot- gov"" 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 about this one. Get
>e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
>
>FCC E Mail address isp -at- fcc -dot- gov
>
>This is really important. If we have to pay for e-mail , the cost is going
>to skyrocket. It's about the only thing now that is cost-effective.
>
>Please make your opinions known to the FCC.
>
>
>
>Respectfully
>Nick Ashton
>
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