Bob Paddock wrote:
>
> In our local paper The Derrick, http://www.thederrick.com,
> in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Aug/29/1998 there was are
> rather nasty item:
>
> "Bell Atlantic Request PUC Examining Cost of Internet Access":
>
> "The state Public Utility Commission is examining whether
> Internet users should be able to access World Wide Web sites
> at the cost of a local telephone calls or PAY THE EQUIVALENT
> OF LONG DISTANCE RATES."
>
> "Commissioner Aaron Wilson Jr. said the formal investigation
> was prompted by a petition filed by Bell Atlantic Corp.,
> which he said is prepared to argue that Internet calls
> SHOULD BE TREATED AS LONG DISTANCE CALLS."
>
> Watch for this in your part of the world. I'm sure 'they'
> are not going out of the way to tell people about this.
>
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