On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Doug McGarrett wrote:
> Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now.
>
> I hope this is not really off-topic, because we
> are using the facilities mentioned to communicate
> with this mail list!
>
> I also hope we haven't been hoaxed, but it sounds
> like the kind of thing you could expect.
>
> I was forwarded the following email:
>
> >> >Contact you Congressional representatives!
> >> >TOLL CHARGE FOR EMAIL. CNN has reported that within the
> >> >next two weeks Congress is going to vote on allowing telephone
> >> >companies
> >> >to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for Internet access. Translation: Every time
> >> >we send
> >> >a long distance e-mail we will receive a long distance charge.
> >> >This will get costly.
ack! no. stop. unless the universe has changed drastically, this
is the same hoax that happened in canada not that long ago.
jeezus, people, common sense dictates that this scenario is totally
absurd. please stop propagating this.
we now return you to your regularly-scheduled flame wars.
rday
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