[net.general] obscenity and the net

markb (02/11/83)

	My dictionary defines `tariff' as `A list or system of duties
imposed by a government on imported or exported goods'.  To my mind, this
means a tax of some kind.  Forgive my ignorance, but how does this tax
prevent obscene phone calls?

		Mark Bales

			...!ucbvax!hpda!markb

jwb (02/14/83)

       Tariff is also defined as 'a schedule of rates or charges of a business
or public utility.'  In the context of the phone company this has been broadened
to include the rules under which the utility and its users operate--not quite
laws but enforcable by the government (FCC).
          Jack Buchanan    ...!decvax!duke!mcnc!jwb