List members, cousins, I received the following, and didn't forward it at first due to I thought it may be a Hoax or chain letter. I will include the url to the cnn page for you to read. If by chance I have misunderstood the information forgive me for passing this information on. My intentions are genuine and It may be that I was fooled. The CNN article mentioned in the message can be found at http://cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/9811/06/tod.10.html. copied and pasted; NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: If you spend a lot of time on the Internet, you'll want to keep an eye out for an upcoming decision by federal regulators. The Federal Communications Commission will determine if Internet dial-up should be treated as local or interstate calls. That decision could affect the cost of surfing the net. Please visit the web site and read the story for yourself. I will include a web site where You can locate your Congressman's address at: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ This web site has a place where you can write to them. Ok the bottom line. This was tried before and due to public out cry it was stopped, together we can stop it again. I'm opposed to any extra charges, I wouldn't be able to continue to use the net for genealogy. LOL the taxes and other charges on my pc line is just about as much as my bill. Dennis