Re: HOAX: 1/6 New Telco ISP Access Charged

[greyland@continet.com (Steve Ebener)]

Garner Miller <garnercfi@mindspring.com> wrote:

> In article <68su8t$mme$1@news.ncal.verio.com>, remove@notspamm.com wrote:
> 
> >                      new internet charges may be imposed!
> >      _________________________________________________________________
> >  
> >    All,
> >  
> >    I just received this information that will may affect the cost of
> >    using the Internet. I have E-mailed the FCC...
> 
> 
> This is a hoax.  It's not true.  It wasn't true the last time it was
> posted, nor was it true the 15 times before that.
> 
> Please DON'T spread it!  My own mother called me in a panic last night.
> 
> Thank you.

  I concur with Garner. 

  The _first_ time I saw this was in 1990 or so. It wasn't true then,
and won't be now. 

  Now, if your local telephone company steps up and starts telling you
(via US mail) that is its lobbing for something along this line, start
screaming your head off... 
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