[109383] in Cypherpunks
Re: Long Distance FUD?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Hohensee)
Mon Mar 22 12:15:57 1999
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:19:26 +0000
From: Michael Hohensee <michael@sparta.mainstream.net>
CC: cypherpunks@Algebra.com
Reply-To: Michael Hohensee <michael@sparta.mainstream.net>
It sounds like pure FUD. There's no way that I know of that they can
locate the two machiens involved in an email exchange. It's all rather
moot, in any case. The internet is by definition a large collection of
"local" interconnections. The only way they could attempt to charge you
by distance would be if they shut down the internet, and that's not
going to happen.
tleininger@moraine.tec.wi.us wrote:
>
> Off topic but has nothing to do with Starr or hidden PC mics.
> This one's making the e-mail rounds here - sounds implausible (if not
> ridiculous).
> Comments welcomed...
>
> >Please write your representatives
> > CNN reported that in the next two weeks, Congress is going to vote on
> > allowing telephone companies to charge for Internet access. That means, every
> > time we make a long distance e-mail we will receive a long distance charge.
> > This will get costly. Please visit to the following web site AND
> > complain. Complain to your Congressman. Don't allow this to pass! The
> following
> > address will allow you to send an e-mail on this subject directly to your
> > Congressman. Let your listeners know about the situation, too!
> > http://www.house.gov/writerep
> > Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope all of you will pass
> > this on to all your friends and family. All of us have an interest in
> thisone.
