Just because we are "already" paying a cost, doesn't mean that we wouldn't be charged again. Being cautious doesn't equate with paranoia....... ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: GAYLE CALABRESE <[email protected]>; Una Pollard <[email protected]>; Tripp Steele <[email protected]>; Tom Teresa and all <[email protected]>; Shirley B. Reed <[email protected]>; Shirley (Looper) Willett <[email protected]>; Sharon Dover Romanek <[email protected]>; Sarah Beth Wilson <[email protected]>; Randy at home Dover <[email protected]>; Randy [new brother) Dover <[email protected]>; PINK D SCLARE <[email protected]>; Patricia Manson <[email protected]>; Nancy Morri <[email protected]>; Mulungeon Lrequest <[email protected]>; Millie Porter <[email protected]>; Mary Kilpatrick Lucas <[email protected]>; Martha Garreans <[email protected]>; Mark&Penny (Duncan) <[email protected]>; Lynny/Rick Dearing <[email protected]>; LOOPER LIST <[email protected]>; KIRKPATRICK LIST <[email protected]>; Kathy Webb <[email protected]>; Jerry Wright Jordan <[email protected]>; Janelle [Dover] Dixon <[email protected]>; Jackson-Clay-Overton-Co-Tn-D- [email protected] <[email protected]>; Jackie Punneo <[email protected]>; HOUSE LIST <[email protected]>; Holloway list <[email protected]>; georgia FRANKL-L <[email protected]>; gael Cee <[email protected]>; ELMORE LIST ROOTSWEB <[email protected]>; [email protected] rootsweb.com <[email protected]>; Elaine J. Chandler <[email protected]>; Dover Cousins <[email protected]>; Donald & Liisa Sclare <[email protected]>; Don Warren <[email protected]>; Dennis Dover <[email protected]>; Debbie [dover] <[email protected]>; Corky (Mealer) Lockmiller <[email protected]>; Connie Dover <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cloud; Chris Dover <[email protected]>; Cherokee County Ga <[email protected]>; Brenda Kay Duncan <[email protected]>; Bill Steele <[email protected]>; Bev [warren] Daly <[email protected]>; Barry Courter <[email protected]>; Anthony McManaman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {not a subscriber} Fw: Internet Charges > Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 1:08 PM > > At 09:11 PM 1/11/99 -0800, GAYLE CALABRESE wrote: > >Please forward this to others in a hurry.....g. > > snip .... > > > > >>Here's something that I thought you'd all be interested in...it came > >>from my Internal Network Department .... > >> > >>Hi Everyone, > >> > >>Forward this information to those who may want to respond. Congress > >>will be voting in less than two weeks on this matter. CNN stated that > >>the government would, in the next two weeks time, decide to allow or not > >>allow to a CHARGE to your phone bill equal to a Long Distance call EACH > >>time you access the Internet. > >> > >>The address is http://www.house.gov/writerep > >> > >>If you choose, visit the address above and fill our the necessary form! > >>If EACH one of us will forward this message on to others in a hurry, we > >>may be able to prevent this injustice from happening! > >> > >>Wishing each of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. > >> > >>Andy Workman > > > This is a HOAX !!!! .... there are people that write viruses > to mess up your computer and there are other people that sit > around and dream up these ludicrous, subversive plots to mess > with your mind. > > .... and, remember: > > "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you" > > (also, keep in mind that, at the stroke of midnight, DEC 31, 1999, > we are going to be catapulted back into the stone age!!!) > > I know no one asked ..... but, think about it. There's local > telephone companies (and local phone charges) and there's long- > distance telephone providers (and l-d charges). An internet host > buys a feed from a long-distance provider -- he passes his cost > for that feed on to you in your monthly internet access bill. > You pay the local charge every month when you pay your phone bill. > So, why would there need to be anymore l-d charges ???? .... you > are ALREADY paying them !! > > IT'S ANOTHER HOAX !! > > > Tom Cloud <[email protected]>