new internet "usage fee" bill?

[Brian High]

 Joe,

This article I found says that the telecom companies _were_ charging
universal fees ...

--Brian

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http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1998/0330/fcw-fronttelecom-3-30-1998.html
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MARCH 30, 1998
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UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Telecom fee rankles cash-strapped agencies

BY BRAD BASS (brad_bass at fcw.com)

ATLANTA -- The General Services Administration and the Defense Department
are at odds with AT&T and Sprint over a new 4.9 percent "universal service
fee" that the companies have tacked onto FTS 2000 long-distance bills that
will require agencies to pay millions of dollars more each month for
telecommunications services.

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Mail questions to webmaster at fcw.com
Copyright 1998 FCW Government Technology Group

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Mabel <jmabel at saltmine.com>
To: 'Brian High' <kv9x at scn.org>; scn at scn.org <scn at scn.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:00 PM
Subject: RE: new internet "usage fee" bill?


>It's from over a year ago and (unsurprisingly) the decision was not to do
>this.  However, some of the telcos are bound ot push the idea periodically.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian High [SMTP:kv9x at scn.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 5:47 PM
>To: scn at scn.org
>Subject: new internet "usage fee" bill?
>
>I got this in the mail from somebody who did not know where it came from.
>Is there any thruth to this?  I searched CNN, several law sites, and some
>ACLU sites.  What is the real story here?
>
>(fwd)
>->>>  > There is a new bill in US Congress that will be affecting all
>Internet Users.
>
>>>>  > Please read this and pass it on.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >  CNN stated that the Government would in two weeks time
>>>>  > decide to allow or not allow a Charge to your (OUR) phone bill
>>>>  > equal to a long distance call each time you access the
>>>>  > internet.
>

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