Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert is correct. This is a HOAX. This same message has been floating around the Internet for a couple of years. We are already being charged for the Internet. It's the AlGore tax. You know... named after the guy who invented the Internet. If you live in the US, check your phone bill. You'll see it. As far as phone companies charging for actual Internet access, this is virtually impossible. Anyone with any computer networking understanding knows that TCP/IP packets flow through the system like interstitial Silver ions in an undeveloped emulsion. To attempt to do accounting on these packets, is futile at best. Any attempt would bring the Internet to its knees. Jim At 03:03 PM 3/18/99 -0800, you wrote: >Sorry, this is a hoax. >Look at http://www.snopes.com/ > >Bob Rose > >========================================== >From: allan jay silver <silver@proaxis.com> > >In a message dated 3/17/99 11:40:14 AM, npapalex@ucla.edu writes: > ><<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 the > >following web site AND Complain to your Congressman. Don't allow > >this 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 this one. >PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TODAY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!! >Please Help and don't let this happen. >WEBMASTER DARKSINS >darksins@cyberdude.com >ICQ# 22445383 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ! > > > > > > > > > > >