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From: curry@nsc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: ATTENTION ALL MICRO USERS!!! FCC INFORMATION TAX AHEAD!!
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Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 19:40:15 EDT
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Its my understanding that the proposal is not a tax but a connect fee.  If
Sprint connects to Pacific Bell, they pay a connect fee.  The information
services like Timnet, Compuserve, etc. have been exempt by FCC regulations
because it was a new and formative industry.  The FCC sets such fee's.  
Anyway they feel the information industry is no longer in birth but is
established (their opinion) and want them to pay the fee.  The impact
would likely be that Genie's $5 /hr would go to $10.