On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Terence Fergusson wrote:

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.

I've checked with my local company (who were evasive, but did admit to
it), and a friend checked with the FCC.  This one is actually pending.  It
is _not_ quite as bad as is listed; but they want to more rigidly enforce
the data/voice line classifications.  E.g. a line classified as 'voice'
would have per-minute charges for data (fax/modem) use, while a line
classified as 'data' would have charges for voice (non-data) use.

The people who will be most affected are those who use one phone line for
both data and voice, if this passes.

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