Internet Access and the FCC (fwd)

[Richard J. Violette]

Dear Web4Libs,

I am forwarding the following message from another list (the person
posting it is a close personal friend).  I must confess I was ALMOST
taken in, too (not quite, though ;-{)>).

Now, all we need is for someone to post the Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe
and this list will be complete.

/s/ Rich.V.

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(Forwarded message begins)	

>      Subject: Internet Access & the FCC
>    	  Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 14:10:10 -0500
>    	  From: "J. McRee Elrod" <mac at slc.bc.ca>
> Organization: Special Libraries Cataloguing, Inc.
>           To: AUTOCAT at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
> 
> 
> I *thought* that had all the earmarks of an urban legend.
> 
> Mac
> 
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> 
> Forwarding this information from a post to libsup-l this morning...
> 
> 
>     This is a direct quote from a book I happened, coincidentally, to
> catalog yesterday. It is entitled, "Bandits on the Information
> Superhighway," by Daniel J. Barrett, published by O'Rielly & Associates,
> 1996.
> 
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>    (From Chapter 7, Pranks, spams and time wasters)
> 
>     THERE IS NO MODEM TAX
> 
>     Another long-standing urban legend says that the Federal
> Communications Commission (FCC) is considering legislation to make modem
> users pay extra money for their telephone connections. When this gets
> spread on the Net, you can imagine how much chaos it causes. Think of how
> many Internet users have modems! People start calling and writing letters
> to the FCC and Congress, urging them not to support this plan.
> 
>     Unlike the Craig Shergold story, this one is a complete hoax. If you
> see it on the Net, please don't call the FCC about it. They are familiar
> with this hoax and wish people would ignore it.
> 
> 
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