Subject: THE FCC, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ACCESS CHARGES
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:46:13 -0500
Message-Id: <v0213050ab0e2d2f975a1@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:46:13 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: david@ninch.org (David Green) Subject: THE FCC, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ACCESS CHARGES
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
January 14, 1998
ANOTHER INTERNET "MYTH"
I know you all probably know this but...
I've just come across two appeals recently to write to the FCC in order
to prevent the phone companies imposing per-minute charges for Internet
Service Providers. I thought this was wrong and checked the FCC page.
At <http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Factsheets/ispfact.html>
I found this and reproduce it below, just in case any of you are confused:
THE FCC, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND ACCESS CHARGES
"In December 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requested
public comment on issues relating to the charges that Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) and similar companies pay to local telephone companies.
On May 7, 1997, the FCC decided to leave the existing rate structure in
place. In other words, the FCC decided not to allow local telephone
companies to impose per-minute access charged on ISPs.
Please Note: There is no open comment period in this proceeding. If you
have recently seen a message on the Internet stating that in response to
a request from local telephone companies, the FCC is requesting comments
to <isp@fcc.gov> by February 1998, be aware that this information is
inaccurate."
There is more information on this page should you be interested.
David Green
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