 xO                                                                           ars ago the FCC tried & (with your help & letters of protest) failed to institute regulations that would impose additional costs on modem users for data communications This is from the Saint Louis AUG (See A.N.N.) $22 year.  ** MOBILIZE ** Two years ago the FCC tried & (with your help & 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 the user of a computer and modem.  The FCC proposes that users of modems should pay extra charges for use of the public telephone network which carry their data.  In addition, computer network servcies such as CompuServ, Tymnet, & Telenet would also be charged as much as $6 per hour per user for use of the public telephone network.  These charges would very likely be passed on to the subscribers.  The money is to be collected & given to the telephone company in an effort to raise funds lost to deregulation.

     Here's what you should do NOW:  1 - Pass this information on.  2 - Print out 3 copies of the letter which follows (or write your own) and send a signed copy to each of the following:

     Chairman of the FCC Chairman, Senate Communications Subcommittee
     1919 M Street N.W.  SH-227 Hart Building
     Washington, D.C.  20554 Washington, D.C.  20510

     Chairman, House Telecommunication Subcommittee
     B-331 Rayburn Building
     Washington, D.C.  20515 
 
Dear Sir,

     Please allow me to express my displeasure with the FCC proposal which would authorize a surcharge for the use of modems on the telephone network.  This regulation is nothing less than an attempt to restrict the free exchange of information among the growing number of computer users.

     Calls placed using modems require no special telephone equipment, and users of modems pay the phone company for use of the network in the form of a monthly bill.  In short, a modem call is the same as a voice call and there- 
fore should not be subject to any additional regulation. 
 
Sincerely, 
(your name, address and signature) {I sent my three already - Norman}

     It is important that you act now.  The bureaucrats already have it in their heads that modem users should subsidize the phone company and are now listening to public comment.  Please stand up and make it clear that we will not stand for any government restriction on the free exchange of information.

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     Also if you want past issues of this newsletter, you can receive any six issues (1 years worth) for $4.25 PP.  A two year back issue collection can be yours for only $8 PP.  The first issue was July 1984. 
 
Norman R. Castro, 809 West 33rd Avenue, Bellevue, NE 68005 {402} 291-4405 
 
me, address and signature) {I sent
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