SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (01/16/90)
I saw the call to action when it appeared on info-apple a month or so ago. I have not seen the disclaimer before today (from the Social Science Data list on BITNET <SOS-DATA@UNCVM1>). The advice at the end merits heeding! ----------------------Forwarded message (as edited)--------------------- >Grabbed from Info-Apple. Pass it around if you're concerned... > >MOBILIZE! > >Two years ago the FCC tried and (with your help and letters of >protest) failed to institute regulations that would impose >additional costs on modem users for data communications. > >Now, they are at it again. A new regulation that the FCC is >quietly working on will directly affect you... As explained in the message below, the note I posted earlier this morning this morning concerning surcharges for modem use was incorrect. My apologies for passing along bad information. -- Jim Jim Cassell Institute for Research in Social Science (919) 962-0514 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Bitnet: CASSELL@UNCVM1 Internet: CASSELL@UNCVM1.ACS.UNC.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTE: The message about the proposed FCC regulation that would levy surcharges on modem use has been appearing on several lists to which I subscribe. Most of these lists have then run corrections saying that the message is an old one that should have been deleted some time ago, and that the FCC is no longer considering any such proposal. One of the people who posted replies said that he checked with the FCC himself and that they confirmed this. I no longer have the original messages, so I cannot forward them to the list. So, please check that the regulation is really back under consideration before you take any action. Peter Schledorn Collection Development Department Davis Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill