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To: Magnatizer who wrote (12242)	1/3/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: Dwane Houghtaling	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29382

David. I'm no expert on urban legends but this INTERNET phone bill item sure smacks of the urban legend that went around in the latter half of 1998 that the government would allow phone companies to charge per minute fees. As FCC Chairman William Kennard, said on Nov. 6, 1998 QUOTE The FCC has repeatedly stated for the past decade -- and is stating again today -- that it is NOT repealing the ISP exemption that [prevents] Internet service providers from paying per-minute charges to local telephone companies. This is one of the great enduring urban myths. END QUOTE There is nothing in the email you received confirming FCC actions. There is a reference to CNN but I can find nothing on the CNN web site supporting this action. The headlines going back to January 1 has nothing. Using the CNN search engine I can find nothing to support this claim. I did find a site dealing with urban legends that states there is a new twist to this legend that matches the email sent you (http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa010798.htm). So... This item is another urban legend. Check out the URL urbanlegends.miningco.com for the current listing of urban legends/hoaxes Back to lurking. Dwane