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Date sent:  1-JAN-1995 21:54:01
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>>    ================= Begin forwarded message =================
>>
>>    From: stein047@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Steven J Steinberg)
>>    To: joe@config.com
>>    Cc: ap@config.com, fi525@cleveland.freenet.edu, bxsr98a@prodigy.com,
>> cmanson@umich.edu
>>    Subject: Government stuff...
>>    Date: Fri, 23 Dec
>>
>>
>>    Hello all, please pass this on to everyone you know that uses a modem and
>>    doesn't like extra expenses in their life!
>>
>>    Steven
>>    --------------------
>>
>>      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 a
>>      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 wuold also be charged as much as $6.00 per hour per user for
>>      use of the public tlelphone 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 Fransisco, 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. Capture the message file 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
>>      own) 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 Telecommunications Subcommittee
>>      B-331 Rayburn Building
>>      Washington, D.C. 20515
>>
>>      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 authorise 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>If you ain't got nothing, you've got nothing to lose-Bob Dylan
>>
>>      N A T U R E        B O Y
>
>


Michele Missner
Appleton High School West
610 N. Badger
Appleton, wi 54914
voice (414) 832-4162 (business)
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