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THE AUSTRALIAN INTERNET IS UNDER ATTACK.  PLEASE SIGN THE ONLINE 
PETITION AT: http://www.ozlink.net/

Anyone can sign, not just Australians.  Please help!
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On March 25, 1997, the Australian Parliament passed legislation that 
threatens to shut down the Internet in Australia. The 
Telecommunications Bill opens the way for Telstra to charge for 
timed data calls. As the source of connectivity for hundreds of 
ISPs in Australia, this will allow Telstra to strangle Australia's 
ISP industry by raising their charges. In turn, these charges will 
be passed on to the consumer. Using the Internet through today's 
ISPs will become so expensive that very few people will be able to 
afford it.
Companies will lose their clients and go out of business. Gradually, 
Telstra will take over Australia's ISP community, and the age of 
affordable Internet access will end.

As Ramin Marzbani, Principal of www.consult, Australia's leading 
Internet analysts, remarked, "Telstra are very smart and 
well-prepared. The ISPs don't have a chance".
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FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE http://www.ozlink.net/

-------------- Revenant [kgb@rosella.apana.org.au] -------------------
"The whole principle is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live
on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak."
- author Robert A. Heinlein on censorship.