[Fwd: FCC to charge by minute for e-mail usage (fwd)
Has anyone heard this or it is another cyber-urban myth? - James D. Wilson netsurf@sersol.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ranganath Prabhu V V <vprabhu@hcla.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <uw-l@microserve.net> Reply-To: uw-l@microserve.net Subject: [Fwd: FCC to charge by minute for e-mail usage --- snip --- Subject : Your local telephone company has filed a proposal with the FCC to impose per minute charges for your internet service ***IMPORTANT INFORMATION*** JUST RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON ASAP! 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 ---snip --- FCC E Mail address isp@fcc.gov This is really important. If we have to pay for e-mail , the cost is going to skyrocket. It's about the only thing now that is cost-effective. Please make your opinions known to the FCC.
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, NetSurfer wrote: ) 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 ) ) ---snip --- ) ) FCC E Mail address isp@fcc.gov ) ) This is really important. If we have to pay for e-mail , the cost is ) going to skyrocket. ) It's about the only thing now that is cost-effective. ) Please make your opinions known to the FCC. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsheets/ispfact.html: [...] Please Note: There is no open comment period in this proceeding. If you have recently seen a message on the Internet stating that in response to a request from local telephone companies, the FCC is requesting comments to <isp@fcc.gov> by February 1998, be aware that this information is inaccurate. [...] Q: Is the FCC considering allowing local phone companies to impose access charges on ISPs? A: The FCC requested public comment in December 1996 on whether ISPs should pay current access charges, and more generally on how Internet and interstate information services that use local telephone networks should be treated. The Commission concluded on May 7, 1997 that ISPs should not be subject to interstate access charges. There is currently no open comment period on this issue. [...] Q: Is this the "FCC modem tax" that has been floating around the Internet in various forms for several years? A: The "modem tax" referred to a proposal in 1987 to require enhanced service providers to pay interstate access charges, which at that time were significantly higher than they are today. The 1987 proposal was abandoned in 1988. The current Access Reform proceeding is entirely separate. -- Daniel Reed <n@narnia.n.ml.org> (3CE060DD) System administrator of narnia.n.ml.org (narnia.mhv.net [199.0.0.118]) Mitchell's Law of Committees: Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.
The only positive point is that this will either drive the private-line market, drive the pcs wireless market or cause an absolute fragmentation of the communications grid... no more data traffic across POTS period. That day will come some day due to limitations in line speed. Someone just does not realize they are accelerating the out moding of their job. M. On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Daniel Reed wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, NetSurfer wrote: ) 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 ) ) ---snip --- ) ) FCC E Mail address isp@fcc.gov ) ) This is really important. If we have to pay for e-mail , the cost is ) going to skyrocket. ) It's about the only thing now that is cost-effective. ) Please make your opinions known to the FCC. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsheets/ispfact.html: [...] Please Note: There is no open comment period in this proceeding. If you have recently seen a message on the Internet stating that in response to a request from local telephone companies, the FCC is requesting comments to <isp@fcc.gov> by February 1998, be aware that this information is inaccurate. [...] Q: Is the FCC considering allowing local phone companies to impose access charges on ISPs?
A: The FCC requested public comment in December 1996 on whether ISPs should pay current access charges, and more generally on how Internet and interstate information services that use local telephone networks should be treated. The Commission concluded on May 7, 1997 that ISPs should not be subject to interstate access charges. There is currently no open comment period on this issue. [...] Q: Is this the "FCC modem tax" that has been floating around the Internet in various forms for several years?
A: The "modem tax" referred to a proposal in 1987 to require enhanced service providers to pay interstate access charges, which at that time were significantly higher than they are today. The 1987 proposal was abandoned in 1988. The current Access Reform proceeding is entirely separate.
-- Daniel Reed <n@narnia.n.ml.org> (3CE060DD) System administrator of narnia.n.ml.org (narnia.mhv.net [199.0.0.118]) Mitchell's Law of Committees: Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.
Daniel Reed sez:
The 1987 proposal was abandoned in 1988. The current Access Reform proceeding is entirely separate.
But the END RESULT may well be same. Read it carefully.... -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
This is probably last years news, unless something has changed... This was the telco response to "Free Internet Long Distance" Internet Phone Service ads that some ISP's ran. The telco's complained to the FCC that the ISP's "weren't paying" for phone service and were unregulated carriers. The FCC denied the requests, at least, so I thought. The temptation to equate this with other "no pay" claims resisted with some difficulty. ;-) --Dean
JUST RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON ASAP!
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
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FCC E Mail address isp@fcc.gov
This is really important. If we have to pay for e-mail , the cost is going to skyrocket. It's about the only thing now that is cost-effective. Please make your opinions known to the FCC.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean@av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP http://www.av8.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Dean Anderson wrote:
This is probably last years news, unless something has changed...
This was the telco response to "Free Internet Long Distance" Internet Phone Service ads that some ISP's ran. The telco's complained to the FCC that the ISP's "weren't paying" for phone service and were unregulated carriers. The FCC denied the requests, at least, so I thought.
The temptation to equate this with other "no pay" claims resisted with some difficulty. ;-)
Yes, this is last years news, but it is also very important to watch this issue to make sure something like this does not go into effect. People like the ACTA are pumping large amounts of money into legal battles. The fight is sill going on by www.von.org and others. Internet Telephony has already been banned in places like India where it is illegal to use PC based Internet Telephony or PSTN/IP gateways. -- Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting www.robotics.net nathan@robotics.net
--Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean@av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP http://www.av8.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Nathan Stratton sez:
Yes, this is last years news, but it is also very important to watch this issue to make sure something like this does not go into effect. People like the ACTA are pumping large amounts of money into legal battles. The fight is sill going on by www.von.org and others. Internet Telephony has already been banned in places like India where it is illegal to use PC based Internet Telephony or PSTN/IP gateways.
It is NOT last year's news. The battlefield has moved, the enemies the same.... Look at the FCC page again and see: The FCC issued an unrelated public notice, DA 98-2, on January 5, 1998 in connection with a report to Congress on universal service. Pursuant to the FCC's 1998 appropriations legislation, the Commission must submit a report by April 10, 1998 on several issues ---> including the legal status of Internet services under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Comments in response to the public notice are due January 20, 1998, and reply comments are due February 2, 1998. Informal comments may be sent by email to <usreport@fcc.gov>. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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