[107227] in Cypherpunks
Re: Internet = LD Call?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Wed Jan 6 15:12:15 1999
In-Reply-To: <v03130308b2b82a04d0d0@[209.66.101.226]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:41:13 -0500
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
Reply-To: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
At 3:46 PM -0500 1/5/99, Tim May wrote:
>At 11:57 AM -0800 1/5/99, X wrote:
>>What is the skinny on the possibilty of Congress allowing the L/D companies
>>to start charging us Long Distance charges to access the internet?
>>
>>Is this a hoax, or should some hackles be up on it?
>Do you think there is some magical rate they could charge?
>And how would the rent collectors know who I'm connecting to, and where
>they are? (Think of Web proxies.)
>Use common sense.
Did you read the first line you quoted?
"the possibilty of Congress allowing..."
Congress and common sense aren't speak to each other right now.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so
let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the
second will not become the legalized version of the first."
Thos. Jefferson petro@playboy.com
