This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B82E818750CD8ADDA3CF7A42 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------B82E818750CD8ADDA3CF7A42 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <berksweb@berksweb.com> Received: from berksweb.com (berksweb@berksweb.com [192.41.18.90]) by ns1.planetc.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA22323 for <wcook@planetc.com>; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 19:40:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (berksweb@localhost) by berksweb.com (8.8.5) id UAA21572; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:27:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 20:27:02 -0400 (EDT) From: berksweb@berksweb.com (Computex) Message-Id: <199904130027.UAA21572@berksweb.com> To: berksweb@berksweb.com Subject: Historical_Society_of_Berks_County_PA X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 F Y I........this message was received today as a follow-up to a message I forwarded a day or two ago... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX FCC INTERNET TAX A HOAX There is NO bill currently before Congress calling for a tax on internet access! Over the past few months, a rumor has circulated through our nation's email system which states that in the next few weeks the Congress is going to vote to allow phone companies to charge long distance fees on a per minute basis to their customers who use the internet. I can assure you that no such bill exists and I have strong concerns with any attempt to tax individuals for internet usage. Please be assured that, if any bill to place taxes on the internet is introduced, I will express your reservations to my colleagues on the Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over this matter. To further clarify how this myth was spread, Please click on this link to a fact sheet on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) web site, the federal agency with jurisdiction over the internet. In simple terms, if a customer of one phone company contacts a customer of another phone company, the first company must compensate the second for completing the call. Currently phone companies are fighting to see if Internet Service Providers (ISPs), or the means by which customers are connected to the internet, are subject to the same compensation. The myth of an internet tax resulted from this dispute. Again, let me convey to you in the strongest way possible, There is NO bill currently before Congress calling for a tax on internet access! Click on the FCC seal to link to the FCC Fact Sheet on the Internet Tax Hoax ------------------------------------------------------------- The Historical Society of Berks County Pa http://www.berksweb.com/histsoc Direct any questions or comments to: history@berksweb.com To unsubscribe from this list contact: webmaster@berksweb.com . --------------B82E818750CD8ADDA3CF7A42--