Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!andromeda.rutgers.edu!bannon From: bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Ron Bannon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: FCC Regulations Message-ID: Date: 4 Jan 90 00:59:57 GMT Sender: news@galaxy.rutgers.edu Reply-To: bannon@andromeda (Ron Bannon) Distribution: usa Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Lines: 102 F C C Prosed Regulation of Modem Use ====================================== The following message was posted on the Prodigy Computer Club Bulletin Board. It comes from Sam Katon of Staten Is., NY. Thanks Sam! * * * A new regulation that the FCC is quietly working on will directly affect you as the user of a modem. The FCC proposes that users of modems pay extra charges for use of the public telephone net- work which carries their data. In addition, computer network services such as Prodigy, Compuserv, Tymnet, and Telenet would also be charged up to $6.00 per hour per user for the use of the public telephone network. This charge would most likely be passed on to the users (you). What should you do? First, take the time to download this text file and the letter herein (if you haven't already captured it) and post it on three BBSs which aren't already carrying it. Second, send three copies of the following letter to the addresses provided here. It is important to act now. The bureaucrats already have it in their heads that modem users should subsidize the phone company. Let's stand up and make it clear that we won't accept any government restriction of any type on the free exchange of ideas and information. * * * A D D R E S S E E S : Chairman of the FCC 1919 M Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Chairman, Senate Communications Subcommittee SH-227 Hart Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Chairman, House Telecommunications Subcommittee B-331 Rayburn Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Sir: Please allow me to express my displeasure with the FCC proposal which would authorize a surcharge for use of modems on the tele- phone network. This regulation is nothing more than an attempt to restrict the free exchange of ideas and information. end of letter * * * I don't yet have any more informantion on this matter. If you have any info at all, please give me a call and post a message. It is imperative that we have complete information. Let's rally and make sure that the gov't never places undue and unfair restrictions on this grass-roots, user contolled, inter- active form of mass communication! Dave Ferreira The Jungle BBS 117 Osceola Ave. Middlesex, NJ 08846 (201) 805-9819 Ron Bannon bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Is George Bush a traitor? Read "October Surprise" by Honegger. Send for details. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::