Re: Protest proposed phone company Internet charges

["'Doc' Don Taylor" <docdon@pobox.com>]

I don't mean to discredit your source, but this sort of rumor flies around
so often that I would not do anything without further specific details. I
just looked at CNN - searched on FCC - and found nothing relatively recent
that bears on this.

Doc

At 10:49 AM 5/4/1999 -0600, Ken Freed wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>My friend Jon Leland at Media Mall today emailed me about a dangerous
>move in Congress to permit telephone companies to charge long distance
>rates for email being shipped over their wires to distant locations. I
>don't yet
>know all the details or the bill's title, but Jon's a "reliable source,"
>and would
>not put his credibility on the line (see below) unless the problem was real.
>
>Don't let this bill get passed, as it will stymie the growth and freedom
of the
>Internet. The telcos have enough revenue streams, and they can get along
>quite nicely without gaining a stranglehold on email traffic. In his message
>below, Jon gives a website for writing your Congressional Representative,
>plus I further urge you to call your Representative's local and DC offices,
>and send a snailmail version of your letter (studies show that Congress
>still pays more attrention to regular mail from constituents than email).
>
>Only a grassroots cry of protest can stop this telco-backed measure,
>so please forward this email to as many friends as possible, and
>ask them to do the same. Timing is critical.
>
>Thank you for taking a few minutes now to help yourself and others.
>
>-- ken
>
>Ken Freed
>Media Visions Webzine
>http://www.media-visions.com
>
>P.S. Sorry for the bulk emailing, but the importance merits this route.
>
>_________________________________
>
>
>
>>PROTEST!  CNN reported that in the next two weeks Congress is going to
>>vote on  allowing telephone companies to charge for Internet access. That
>>means, every  time we send a long distance e-mail we will receive a long
>>distance  charge. This will get costly. Please visit the following web site
>>AND complain.  Complain to your Congressman. Don't allow this to  pass.
>>http://www.house.gov/writerep. Pass this on!  It is urgent!  All of us
have an
>>interest in this one. PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TODAY!!!
>>
>>Clearly this is an issue that effects anyone who's actively using the
>>Internet for either business or personal gain. I agree that restructuring
>>the fees for Net access at this stage of the Net's evolution would be a
>>disasterous mistake.
>>
>>Also, for those of you who are US citizens, writing to your Congress person
>>is easier than ever. You can get really easy access as well as help finding
>>your representative via this URL:
>>
>>	http://www.house.gov/writerep
>>
>>I wrote to my representative Lynn Woolsey as shown below and hope you will
>>join me in this action. Feel free to copy any of the text (below or above)
>>that you
>>wish to use and please forward this message according to your own views.
>>Thanks!
>>Jon
>>
>>
>>To: lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov
>>Greetings Ms. Woolsey:
>>
>>CNN reports that you will be voting in the next two weeks on allowing
>>Telephone Companies to charge for Internet Access. NO! This would
>>undermine the freedom that has made the Web a true breakthrough for the
>>democratization of communications. Not only is this part of my livlihood,
>>but a crucial part of trying to revive our democracy.
>>
>>As your constituent, I implore you to take a stand on this issue and make
>>sure that the telephone companies are not allowed to put business growth
>>and communication freedom inhibiting "toll booths" on these delicate and
>>formative stages of the development of our information highway.
>>
>>I would appreciate hearing your views on this initiative at your earliest
>>convenience.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Jon Leland
>>
>>
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>>Jon Leland
>>President, Communication Bridges: http://www.combridges.com
>>Publisher, Media Mall: http://www.mediamall.com/
>>"Video Web" contributing editor, Videography magazine: http://www.vidy.com
>>jon@mediamall.com /  415-454-5505
>>
>>Subscribe to my FREE Media Mall E-Letter:
>>http://www.mediamall.com/html/subscribe.html
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