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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (8377)	1/7/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Ross Mickey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14627

OFF TOPIC---FCC per minute charges for internet connection ************************ Here's some news about some potentially expensive legislation being considered by the FCC. I'm going to send the FCC email with my opinion and I hope you might want to do the same. The information below was forwarded to me by a friend and had about four pages of headers attached, which I have removed. I suggest you forward this message to everyone you know who uses the Internet! We can't let this sneak by! Larry Kenney lkenney@slip.net choisser.com ************************************************************ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 14:30:06 -0800 From: Ann Merrill <amerrill@slip.net> Subject: FCC considers per minute charges for telephone connections to ISPs The following message came to me from a retired executive of the Southern Connecticut Bell Telephone Company. It seems that local phone companies throughout the United States are supporting legislation that would impose "per minute" charges for our connection to Internet Service Providers. 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@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 legislation. Let everyone you know hear about this one. Get the e-mail address of everyone you can think of and ask them to e-mail to: isp@fcc.gov