Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:11:24 -0500
From: Clarisse Zimra <czimra-AT-siu.edu>
Subject: Re: phone rates alert


 This, to all on the list, with a nod to my friend and colleague Teju,
comes to me by way of my dept.'s cyber-specialist Susan Lang who ought to
know whereof she speaks.Hope it helps. Cheers, cz (Clarisse Zimra)

From: Susan Lang <slang-AT-siu.edu>
Subject: Internet Service Providers and per minute charges
Status:

Seems that the panicked massage making the rounds is a bit out of date...

>Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 08:58:40 -0500
>From: ISP <ISP-AT-fcc.gov>
>Sender: Postmaster-AT-fcc.gov
>Reply-To: ISP-AT-fcc.gov
>
>If you are responding to a message stating that local phone companies have
>asked the FCC for permission to impose per-minute charges for Internet
>access, please be aware that this information is out of date.  The FCC
>decided in May 1997 NOT to allow imposition of interstate access charges
>on Internet service providers. There is no comment period currently open
>in this proceeding.
>
>More information on Access Charges and the ISP proceeding is available at
><http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html>
>
>Look for more features and announcements on our Web site,
><http://www.fcc.gov/>, in the future!
>
>updated 1/6/98
>

Susan M. Lang
Assistant Professor of English/Director of Computer Classrooms & Curriculum
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Carbondale, IL 62901
618-453-6838

"No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up"
					--Lily Tomlin

Clarisse Zimra
English and Comparative Studies
Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale 62901-4503
phone messages: 618 453 53 21 (main English office)
private line:  618 453 68 13
fax 618 453 32 53




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