Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 12:04:10 -0600 CDT From: "Larry Dolinar" <larryd@bldg1.croute.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: U.S. issue: FCC Docket# 96-262 (possible per minute charges) Message-ID: <56D7CD77DBF@bldg1.croute.com>
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I'm not going to forward the full message, as it's from FlashNet, and makes the claim that "your local telephone company has filed a proposal with the FCC to impose per minute charges for your internet service". I've looked a little at the comments submitted by SWBell's attorneys, and a fair amount of it appears to be crying about current regulation and lack of recovery cost mechanisms when technology outpaces them. If their aim is to subsidize this through per-minute charges, I think that's a bad thing indeed. Whether this turns out to be true remains to be seen, but the pertinent information follows: Official statement: http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html There are 3 zip files available for the curious from the URL that are mostly collections of comments in various word-processing formats, and almost universally telco-authored. I wonder where the general public comments are... Email comments to: isp@fcc.gov Include "CC Docket No 96-263" as the subject with name and mailing address, otherwise the claim is that comments directed to this email will be discarded; sounds a bit suspicious, but the original comment date was Jan 27, with reply comment date of Feb 13. Unfortunately I only got this message the day before (12th). Apologies to the out-of-band readers, but this seems to be the sort of thing that our government and utility companies like to pull these days. I hope it's not a trend. cheers, larry
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