Here's something that appeared in a local conference here that
has national ramifications.
Date: Mon Jan 02 1995 23:52:33
From: Edmund Russell
To: All
Subj: Your phone bill may go up!
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Copied from SHAREWRE by Marc Lewis (1:396/17.8)
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Two years ago the FCC tried and (with your help and letters of
protest) failed to institute regulations that would impose
additional costs on modem users for data communications.
Now, they are at it again. A new regulation that the FCC is quietly
working on will directly affect you as the user of a computer and
modem. The FCC proposes that users of modems should pay extra
charges for use of the public telephone network which carry their
data. In addition, computer network services such as CompuServ,
Tymnet, & Telenet would also be charged as much as $6.00 per hour per
user for use of the public telephone network. These charges would
very likely be passed on to the subscribers. The money is to be
collected and given to the telephone company in an effort to raise
funds lost to deregulation. Jim Eason of KGO newstalk radio (San
Francisco, CA) commented on the proposal during his afternoon radio
program during which, he said he learned of the new regulation in an
article in the New York Times. Jim took the time to gather addresses
which are given below.
Here's what you should do (NOW!):
1-Pass this information on. Caprure the information which contains
the text you are reading now. Find other BBS's that are not carrying
this information. Upload the ASCII text into public message on the
BBS, and also upload the file itself so others can easily get a
copy to pass along.
2-Print out three copies of the letter which follows (or write your
down) and send a signed copy to each of the following:
Chairman of the FCC
1919 M Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
Chairman, Senate Communication Subcommittee
SH-227 Hart Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Chairman, House Telecommunication Subcommittee
B-331 Rayburn Building
Here's the suggested text of the letter to send:
Dear Sir:
Please allow me to express my displeasure with the FCC proposal
which would authorize a surcharge for the use of modems on the
telephone network. This regulation is nothing less than an attempt
to restrict the free exchange of information among the growing
number of computer users. Calls placed using modems require no
special telephone equipment, and users of modems pay the phone
company for use of the network in the form of a monthly bill.
In short, a modem call is the same as a voice call and therefore
should not be subject to any additional regulation.
Sincerely,
It is important that you act now. The bureaucrats already have it in
their heads that modem users should subsidize the phone company and
are now listening to public comment. Please stand up and make it
clear that we will not stand for any government restriction on the
free exchange of information.
Please deal with this in a TIMELY manner. We can't wait and watch,
or we will
be walked over by government regulations that are trying to strangle
us.
ndd.
For more info, mail Kenn Webster at The Wild Kingdom (410)679-5642
Joppatowne, MD (1:261/1302).
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