On Dec 30, 11:34pm, Open Carefully -- Contents Under Pressure wrote:
>	Subject: FCC reg to charge for email usage.
>
>     Tell your friends, tell everyone who uses E-Mail.. This is to
>     inform you of a very important matter currently under review by the
>     FCC. Your local telephone company has filed a proposal with the FCC
>     to impose per minute charges for your internet service. They

This sounds a lot like the "Modem Tax" urban legend.  (See
  http://kumite.com/myths/fas/fas-mtax.htm and note in particular
the Brock Meeks article.)

It would be best to verify the facts of this case before going 
off half-cocked.

~Steve

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