Re: FCC Plans to Charge Per Minute(USA members only)

[gene <gene@insti.physics.sunysb.edu>]

On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Anton Gaidos III wrote:

> under review by the FCC. Your local telephone company has filed a proposal
> with the FCC to impose per minute charges for your internet service.

There's one thing I don't understand: how can they determine what is 
"internet service"?  It's one thing if they just want to stop using flat 
rate tariffs and another if they want a "modem tax".

IMO, "modem tax" is unenforceable without wiretaps.

Maybe it's for the better: the whole internet hysteria will stop, web 
will die etc etc.

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