To all:
I sent out an email a little while ago titled, "Charges for internet
use".
I felt it was right, since we have staunchly defended free access for
clues,
to be informed on any charges in general which might be imposed on us.
But...
I decided after sending the note to check the validity of it. Does
anyone
know anything about this? Is there such a bill on long distance charges
for internet access or is this a hoax?
I could not find anything on it at
http://www.house.gov/
But then maybe the bill has already left the house. That, or I have
been
bamboozled...
If anyone knows anything about this please comment. If I have sent out
the
note in error please excuse me. Next time I will check such things out
in
advance of notifying you.
Thank you,
Dan
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Internet charges?
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Started on 1999-02-04
[L-USA] Internet charges?
From: elf (elf@pclink.com) |
Date: 1999-02-04 15:40:08 UTC-06:00
[L-USA] Re: Internet charges?
From: erik/susan davis (davisarc@wcvt.com) |
Date: 1999-02-04 19:53:29 UTC-08:00
Dan and all -
I received a similar e-mail at wortk a week or 2 ago, forwarded it
home, and followed up - I ouild not find any such bill, or even a form
to fill out. I just assumed that the link I received was incorrect,
i.e., that I got to the wrong place, so I never followed it up
further.
Erik
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I received a similar e-mail at wortk a week or 2 ago, forwarded it
home, and followed up - I ouild not find any such bill, or even a form
to fill out. I just assumed that the link I received was incorrect,
i.e., that I got to the wrong place, so I never followed it up
further.
Erik
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[L-USA] Re: Internet charges?
From: elf (elf@pclink.com) |
Date: 1999-02-05 11:02:08 UTC-06:00
Thank you very much for looking into that Deborah. I appreciate it.
Its one less thing. I'm happy that the medium is sort of like roads
& bridges without tolls. Its such a pain to have to stop every 10
miles to pay, you know?
Dan
MixtMedia@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/4/99 3:41:11 PM Central Standard Time, elf@pclink.com
writes:
> ...I decided after sending the note to check the validity of it. Does
> anyone know anything about this? Is there such a bill on long
> distance charges for internet access or is this a hoax?....
Well, it's not exactly a hoax, but it evidently isn't true either.
At one time (1987) there was such a issue before the FCC, but
nothing came of it....
See this url for more info ~
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/congress.htm
(this is an interesting site to explore....
http://www.snopes.com ~ the San Fernando Valley Folklore
Society's Urban Legends Reference Pages)
Deborah
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Its one less thing. I'm happy that the medium is sort of like roads
& bridges without tolls. Its such a pain to have to stop every 10
miles to pay, you know?
Dan
MixtMedia@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/4/99 3:41:11 PM Central Standard Time, elf@pclink.com
writes:
> ...I decided after sending the note to check the validity of it. Does
> anyone know anything about this? Is there such a bill on long
> distance charges for internet access or is this a hoax?....
Well, it's not exactly a hoax, but it evidently isn't true either.
At one time (1987) there was such a issue before the FCC, but
nothing came of it....
See this url for more info ~
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/congress.htm
(this is an interesting site to explore....
http://www.snopes.com ~ the San Fernando Valley Folklore
Society's Urban Legends Reference Pages)
Deborah
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