Please read this and write the FCC if you do not want extra charges
for internet usage.
 
DEADLINE DATE IS FEB. 13...don't delay!  Write to  [log in to unmask]
 
Ken Harvey
 
>>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.
>>
>>    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 [log in to unmask] 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.
>>
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>> Please forward this email to all your friends on the internet so
>> all our voices may be heard!
 
FYI, this was my letter:
 
Dear FCC:
Please ignore the telephone companies' wining about rates and the
Internet. They are hardly going to the poor house, and the fact that
Internet providers are in essence buying in bulk for their data
transfer is not a matter in which the FCC needs to get involved.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Ken Harvey
Kennewick, WA