vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Act Now

Re: Act Now

Ron Force (rforce@uidaho.edu)
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 08:04:20 -0800

Rick wrote:
>
> Timothy S. Hillebrand, Ph.D. wrote:
> >
> > Subject: Are you ready for the next Internet ISP tax, If so read on.
> > The following message came to me from a retired executive of Southern
> > Connecticut Bell Telephone Company. It seems that local phone companies
> > throughout the United States are supporting legislation that would impose
> > "per minute" charges for our connection to Internet Service Providers.
<snip>

In case Tim is still embarrased about this, I note that Newsweek was
taken in by the same message, and reported it as fact this week. So
much for editorial oversight and fact checking by the press.
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