Internet/Telephone Charges -Reply (fwd)

["Leslie L. Reed" <llg1@Ra.MsState.Edu>]

You all might be interested in the following update regarding
Internet/Telephone Charges.  I received the following response after
sending in my two cents on this issue.  Apparently this issue was decided
upon in May of 1997 and the comment period is closed.

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	  Leslie Reed -- Graduate Assistant
	Department of Technology & Education
	     Mississippi State University
         	llg1@ra.msstate.edu
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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:28:23 -0500
From: ISP <ISP@fcc.gov>
To: llg1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Subject: Internet/Telephone Charges -Reply

This is an automated response to the message you sent to isp@fcc.gov.  We established this mailbox for informal comments about usage of the public switched telephone network by Internet access and information service providers for a proceeding on this matter in 1997.  

If you are responding to a message stating that local phone companies have asked the FCC for permission to impose per-minute charges for Internet access, please be aware that this information is out of date.  The FCC decided in May 1997 NOT to allow imposition of interstate access charges on Internet service providers. There is no comment period currently open in this proceeding.

More information on Access Charges and the ISP proceeding is available at <http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html>  

Look for more features and announcements on our Web site, <http://www.fcc.gov/>, in the future!

updated 1/6/98