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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8687)	5/25/1999 5:45:00 PM
From: Bald Man from Mars	Respond to of 19700

I think this is getting ridiculous ... but that is okay, we will just bet on the telcos instead of the nets ...

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8687)	5/25/1999 6:20:00 PM
From: DiB	Respond to of 19700

"CNN reported that in the next two weeks, Congress is going to vote on allowing telephone companies to charge for Internet access. That means, every time we make a long distance e-mail we will receive a long distance charge." No, this means that the local phone companies will get a piece of the Internet pie from ISPs: Mindspring, AOL, etc... Nobody is gonna charge you long distance for you email... This is ridiculous... charging consumers for network packets...

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (8687)	5/25/1999 11:59:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 19700

TOTAL HOAX, there are e-mails being sent all over the North America about this HOAX. I heard about it some time ago. That is how these hoxes get spread, posting & sending them and paraniod people read and freek out....kinda like the Y2K over hyped BS. el.anl.gov FCC "Internet fee" notice is old news from ARRL Letter The FCC's trying to staunch a flow of e-mail concerning a non-existent issue. Several individuals, including some hams, have circulated or posted "warnings" on the Internet concerning the possibility that telephone companies would be permitted to charge by the minute for Internet access. Recipients were advised that the telephone companies were trying to slip this past the public before users realized what was happening. The "warning" mentioned a February 1998 date to send comments to the FCC. In short, this is old news. The FCC did issue a Notice of Inquiry on this topic in late 1996 (with a reply comment deadline in February 1997), but it subsequently rejected the idea. The FCC now has posted a message to this effect on its Web site fcc.gov "There is no open comment period in this proceeding. If you have recently seen a message on the Internet stating that in response to a request from local telephone companies, the FCC is requesting comments to isp@fcc.gov by February 1998, be aware that this information is inaccurate."