Sorry, you are right. It was ruled against by the FCC, not voted down. My only excuse is I've slept since then. I apologize to the list owner and the list for this off topic discussion. Mike Simmons It seems that there was a recent FCC ruling that would allow this if Congress didn't vote it down?????? I haven't seen or heard about any such action by Congress. D.K. Lee At 12:10 PM 5/17/99 -0500, you wrote: >This message is a hoax. There is no Bill about to be voted on. What this >message refers to was done 2 yrs. ago and was voted down. For some reason it >seems to reappear about every 6-8 months on a mailing list and gets everyone >in an uproar. > Mike Simmons