> I received this along with a request to pass it along.  I just did.
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> 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 telephone network. E-Mail, in my
> opinion, will diminish if users were required to pay additional per
> minute charges. The FCC has created an email box for your comments,
> responses must be received by February 13, 98.
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> Send your comments to ""[log in to unmask]"" tell them what you think. Every
> phone company is in on this one, and they are trying to sneak it in just
> under the wire for litigation. Let everyone you know hear about this
> one. Get e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
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> FCC E Mail address [log in to unmask]
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> 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.