X-Message-Number: 11251
From: "Ken Barclay" <>
Subject: Re:  "hoax"
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:56:12 -0800

Apparently, the proposal to charge ISP's for per-minute use of phone
lines for Internet access is neither a hoax nor currently significant.
Reply from FCC follows:
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"This is a automated response to the message you sent   We
established this mailbox for informal comments about usage of the public
switched  telephone network by Internet access and information service
providers for a proceeding on this matter in 1997.

If you are responding to a message stating that local phone companies
have
asked the FCC for permission to impose per-minute charges for Internet
access,
please be aware that this information is out of date.  The FCC decided
in May
1997 NOT to allow imposition of Interstate access charges on Internet
service
providers.  There is no comment period currently open in this
proceeding.

More information on Access Charges and the ISP proceeding is available
at
<http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html>

Look for more features and announcements on our Web site,
<http://www.fcc.gov/>, in the future!

updated 1/6/98.."
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Ken Barclay

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