Subject:  FWD>Internet usage

This will impact us all! Please read on.....

I am writing you this to inform you of a very important matter
currently under review by the FCC. 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.

It is my belief that internet usage 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, 1997. Send your comments to

	isp@fcc.gov

and 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 litiagation. Let everyone you know here
this one. Get the e-mail address to everyone you can think of.

		 isp@fcc.gov

Please forward this email to all your friends on the internet so all
our voices may be heard!

Please pass this along...

______________________________________
	Nhu-Uyen Nguyen
	Informix Software, Inc.
	R&D Tools - Palo Alto
	Email: nnguyen@informix.com
______________________________________

Dunno about this.  Sounds suspect.  One of the known "E-mail messages that 
never die" is the FCC imposing a tax, which although wasn't a hoax, has already 
been and done.  However, the main way to tell that an FCC one was false was if 
it had no expiry date...

However, it still seems rather suspect.  I suggest someone check the validity 
of this message.

Ciao,
                            Terence Fergusson
                        -- Stranded in an Anime-free College

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