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		F C C   Prosed Regulation of Modem Use
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		The following message was posted on the
		Prodigy Computer Club Bulletin Board.
		It comes from Sam Katon of Staten Is.,
		NY. Thanks Sam!
		
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		A new regulation that the FCC is quietly
		working on will directly affect you as
		the user of a modem. The FCC proposes
		that users of modems pay extra charges
		for use of the public telephone net-
		work which carries their data.
		
		In addition, computer network services
		such as Prodigy, Compuserv, Tymnet, and
		Telenet would also be charged up to $6.00
		per hour per user for the use of the public
		telephone network. This charge would most
		likely be passed on to the users (you).
		
		What should you do?
		
		First, take the time to download this text
		file and the letter herein (if you haven't
		already captured it) and post it on three
		BBSs which aren't already carrying it.
		
		Second, send three copies of the following
		letter to the addresses provided here.
		
		It is important to act now. The bureaucrats
		already have it in their heads that modem
		users should subsidize the phone company.
		Let's stand up and make it clear that we
		won't accept any government restriction of
		any type on the free exchange of ideas and
		information.
		
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		A D D R E S S E E S :
		
		Chairman of the FCC
		1919 M Street N.W.
		Washington, D.C. 20554
		
		Chairman, Senate Communications
		Subcommittee
		SH-227 Hart Building
		Washington, D.C.  20510
		
		Chairman, House Telecommunications
		Subcommittee
		B-331 Rayburn Building
		Washington, D.C.  20515
		
		
		
		Dear Sir:
		
		Please allow me to express my displeasure
		with the FCC proposal which would authorize
		a surcharge for use of modems on the tele-
		phone network.
		
		This regulation is nothing more than an
		attempt to restrict the free exchange of
		ideas and information.
		
		end of letter
		
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		I don't yet have any more informantion on
		this matter. If you have any info at all,
		please give me a call and post a message.
		It is imperative that we have complete
		information.
		
		Let's rally and make sure that the gov't
		never places undue and unfair restrictions
		on this grass-roots, user contolled, inter-
		active form of mass communication!
		
		                    Dave Ferreira
		                    The Jungle BBS
		                    117 Osceola Ave.
		                    Middlesex, NJ  08846
		                    (201) 805-9819



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bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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