Terry,
This is bogus. The following snip is from
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsheets/ispfact.html
In December 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requested
public comment on issues relating to the charges that Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) and similar companies pay to local telephone companies.
On May 7, 1997, the FCC decided to leave the existing rate structure in
place. In other words, the FCC decided not to allow local telephone
companies to impose per-minute access charged on ISPs.
Please Note: 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 <[email protected]> by February 1998, be aware that this information is
inaccurate.
The FCC issued an unrelated public notice, DA 98-2, on January 5, 1998
in connection with a report to Congress on universal service. Pursuant
to the FCC's 1998 appropriations legislation, the Commission must submit
a report by April 10, 1998 on several issues including the legal status
of Internet services under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Comments
in response to the public notice are due January 20, 1998, and reply
comments are due February 2, 1998. Informal comments may be sent by
email to <[email protected]>.
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry G. Peden [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 9:39 AM
To: Adam R Gossage (E-mail); Audrey Berchdorf (E-mail); Debi Mori
(E-mail); Joseph Gossage (E-mail); Mary Ann Mitchell (E-mail); Mary E.
Gossage (E-mail); Pat Greenwell (E-mail); Danny L. Collins (E-mail); Ann
Merritt (E-mail); Bonita Hillmer (E-mail); Carolyn Barron (E-mail); Dan
Eugene Harrison (E-mail); Edgar D. Byler III (E-mail); Geniece _____
(E-mail); Joyce Vetter (E-mail); Leslie ______ (E-mail); Susan Byars
(E-mail); Gail BICE (E-mail); Bob Burgess (E-mail); Richard Cheek
(E-mail); Rick Davis (E-mail); Sandra Wilson (E-mail); Myrene Wise
(E-mail); LeAnne (E-mail); Gary Cates (E-mail); Les Williams (E-mail);
ROBERTA B. PIERSON (E-mail); Frenette C. Brown (E-mail); Randall Gayle
Brown (E-mail); Dan Helton (E-mail); Sally Cox Lee (E-mail);
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]';
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Subject: [BELL-L] FW: Fwd: important internet/email news
This e-mail came into me today and it has concerned me very much. If
this really happens it will directly effect all of us. Let's make sure
that it dosen't happen anyway. Let the FCC know how you feel. I am.
A concerned Family Genealogist who relies on Internet e-mail,
Terry G. Peden
Dalton, GA
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1088/page5.html
Paternal:
PEDEN/STINNETT/RIDLEY/GRAY/COX/BINGHAM/BOHANNON/MAYES/BOYD/BARNETT/
KILLIAN/CHASE/BALL/POWELL/WIDDOWS/CARDWELL/MONTEITH/BELL/GILES/
JOHNSON/JUSTUS/THOMASON/SHOTWELL/OGLE/MARTIN/WHITE/FEAGANS/LONG/
DEBORD/HUDSPETH/McDILL/LESLIE/MILLS/HAMILTON/
Maternal:
BROWN/COLLINS/WESTMORELAND/JOHNSON/PARKER/GOSSAGE/CALLAHAN/
WALLACE/JACKSON/TUCKER/WHITE/HARRISON/CARRELL/HELTON/SILVEY/WEBER/
SMITH/McKINNEY/ALLISON/BELL/HARDIN/CATE-CATES/OGLESBY/WOMACK/BERRY/
BLALOCK/
-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Finley [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 1998 10:13 AM
To: 'Wright, Becky'; 'Wright, Kim A.'; 'Wright, Brian'; 'Finley,
Jack D.'; 'Acree, Allan'; 'Beavers, Bob'; 'Lewis, Gerry'; 'Beavers,
Jerry'; 'Lewis, Brad'; 'Campbell, Bill & Gloria'; 'Bowen, Jr. Ph.D.,
Charles'; 'Costner, Helen'; 'Bain, Donna'; 'Down Town Music'; 'England,
Emily'; 'Finley, Daniel'; 'Finley, Glenda K.'; 'Wixom, Gregg';
'Covington Abney, Kathy'; 'Sutton, Homer'; 'Johnston, Andy';
'Baker-Barton, Janice'; 'Cook, Jim'; 'Ellis, James'; 'Bates, Randy';
'Tudor, John'; 'Budraitis, John V.'; 'McClure, David'; 'Robinson, Mike';
'Pritchard, David & Annette'; 'Ettinger, Rabbi Zvi'; 'Rhyne, Dallas';
'Joseph, Rob'; 'Freeman-Hill, Susan'; 'Smith, Steve'; 'Johnson, Tom';
'Peden, Terry'; 'Finley, Willis T. and Rachel'; 'Wood, Anthony'
Subject: FW: Fwd: important internet/email news
----------
From: Louise A. Flood[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 1998 12:03 PM
To: Alleman, Boyd; Batchelor, Marcia; Birdsall, Eva; Darren
Williams; Derenda, Sue; Devereaux, Betty; Finley, Eugene; Mast, Marissa
J.; Paries, Calvin
Subject: Fw: Fwd: important internet/email news
Forwarded by Louise A. Flood <[email protected]>
Just a quick but important message concerning E-Mail. This is 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.
E-Mail, in my opinion will diminish dramatically if users were required
to pay additional per minute charges. The FCC has created a E-Mail box
for your comments, responses must be received by February 13, 1998. Send
your comments to "[email protected]" 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 litigation. Let everyone you know hear this one. Get
E_Mail
addresses to everyone you can think of.
Forward this to your E_Mail friends and ask them to write to the FCC at
the
above address.
We all must write and send to everyone we know to write also. We don't
want or need extra charges for email.
___________________________________________________
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>from Jeff Litster:
I feel that we pay the phone companies plenty, and I think this is just
a
ploy so that the phone companies will not have to upgrade our unfit,
worn
down phone lines. I also think that they feel threatened that we're not
making phone calls anymore because of e-mail, which in my opinion, is a
crock. Let's get out comments to the FCC so that this stupidity is
stopped! Who knows too, maybe this is a break that I-Link can use since
they're trying to get that $20/month voice phone plan (long distance)
going
on anyway... =)
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