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Re: internet fees
Alan C. Wolfson (AlanW@MDLI.COM)
Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:52:53 -0800
At 01:39 PM 1/21/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Dave Hultberg wrote the following:
>
>"In December 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
>requested public comment on issues relating to the charges that
>Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and similar companies pay to local
>telephone companies. On May 7, 1997, the FCC decided to leave the
>existing rate structure in place. In other words, the FCC decided not
>to allow local telephone companies to impose per-minute access charged
>on ISPs."
>
>Dave, this is true that the FCC impose a per-minute access charge but the
>phone companies have now levied an additional base fees for anyone who has
>a second phone line into their home.
>
>Ed
That's not true - at least in New Hampshire. I have two telephone lines
into my house, and the base monthly rate is the same for both. Now the
base fee for the ISDN line is quite a bit higher than for the regular
telephone lines...
Yours in Scouting,
Alan
Alan Wolfson Boy Scout Roundtable Commissioner
alanw@mdli.com Arrowhead District, Daniel Webster Council, NH
I used to be a bear (NE-CS-36) Co-leader Cadette troop 7, GSUSA
I used to be a fox (NE-I-184)
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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