I'm sorry guys but you've been sucked in by another hoax, probably 99 9/10% of these so called "alerts" are. The Department of Energy has a site where you can check these things out before sending them on to others. The FCC would have to approve any per minute charge for internet access and this URL will take you where you can read their opinion on that. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsheets/nominute.html Wes Parker in the central San Joaquin Valley of California <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/5591/index.html> "It isn't what we don't know that kills us, it's everything we know that ain't so." (Mark Twain) Keith Cunday wrote: > can you believe this that the phone company is charging him for the email > > Keith Cunday > [email protected] > Diamond Bar, > Sunny CA.. > -----Original Message----- > From: John D Ledrich <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 11:28 AM > Subject: [OHTUSCAR-L] Keep An Eye On Your Phone Company! > > >Hi, I found this on my Jones List and thought I should pass this on. > > John D. Ledrich > > > >> This is from a very respectable lady that I know well. This is General > >> Telephone in McDonough County, IL. for those who know her, this is Mary > and > >> Ed. Just thought you would all like to know what the phone Company is > >> starting. Juanita Jones Johnson > >> > >> > >> Don't be surprised if you don't hear from me very often. General Tel. Co. > are > >> now charging 2 cents a minute for all the time you are on the internet. > They > >> are charging for local calls and when we are on the internet that is a > local > >> call. I will probably check my mail and that is all. See you. > >> > >> ______________________Please send on if you wish. John > >> > > > > > >==== OHTUSCAR Mailing List ==== > >What happened in Tuscarawas County today? > >http://timesreporter.com/ > > > >