FCC doing it again...

[Don Ingli]

I got this note from another list I am subscribed to.  Let me pass this on
in hopes that someone has better info and maybe we all (as individuals)
should send a letter...

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Title: Re:Charge more for modems?
   To: All
 From: Cynic (71)
 Date: Sun Nov 26 09:58:20 1989

To:

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 Washington, D.C. 20515

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 company 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 should not be subject to any additional charges.

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What do you all think???


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