Message-Id: <3301274A.671B@ousd.k12.ca.us>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:13:30 -0800
From: Ian Bleakney <bleekers@ousd.k12.ca.us>
To: Adam Bleakney <ableak@ix.netcom.com>, Alex Krause <Xander@cruzio.com>,
Subject: Phone Rates
Hey Folks - =
an interesting development that I knew would happen sooner or later.
Ian "bleekers" Bleakney
>The Following is an e-mail I received from 2 different people today
>about a VERY BIG DEAL facing home-internet users. You local phone
>company seems to think they can commit highway reobbery via this cheap
>tactic. Write to the FCC today & say NO WAY JOS=C9!
>
>XXX--Cinnamon
>
>****************************
>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.
>Internet usage will diminish if users were required to pay additional
>per
>minute charges. The FCC has created an email box for your comments,
>responses must be received by February 13, 1997. Send your comments to
>isp@fcc.gov and 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 the e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
>
> isp@fcc.gov
>
>Please forward this email to all your friends on the internet so all
>our voices may be heard!
>
Lisa Jervis, Editor
Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture
3128 16th Street, Box 201
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 864-6671
ljervis@sirius.com