just to let you all know this is out of date, here is the response
cuervo
This is an automated response to the message you sent to isp@fcc.gov. We
established this mailbox for informal comments about usage of the public
switched telephone network by Internet access and information service
providers for a proceeding on this matter in 1997.
If you are responding to a message stating that local phone companies have
asked the FCC for permission to impose per-minute charges for Internet
access, please be aware that this information is out of date. The FCC
decided in May 1997 NOT to allow imposition of interstate access charges on
Internet service providers. There is no comment period currently open in
this proceeding.
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updated 1/6/98..
At 09:30 PM 2/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>I am passing this along from a friend who says we should act:
>
>I am writing to you 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 and the proposed
>regulation
>constitutes just plain bad public policy. The FCC has created an e-mail
>box
>for your comments. Responses must be received by February 13, 1998.
>
>Send your comments to isp@fcc.gov (FCC) and tell them what you think.
>Every
>phone company is in on this one (it will be a windfall for them) and
>they are
>trying to quietly sneak it in. Let everyone you know hear about this
>one.
>Get the e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
>
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