"free" phone calls? You should do your homework before you make
statements like this. Our payment schedules are much different than those of
other countries, albeit also more 'liberal".
The way our telephone companies make up for the no-charge local calling
is by charging us in our basic bill. In most countries, these are called
"taxes" I believe, but to soothe us average consumers, they call them
"tariffs" here.
So, our telephone calls are not "free", just structured differently.
Best Regards, Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: David Murn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Oram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: ELKS list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: USA residents beware
>On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, John Oram wrote:
>
>> The Federal Communications Commission ruled yesterday that
>> dial-up internet connections are interstate in nature and
>> should therefore be subject to federal jurisdiction.
>
>Firstly, this is not the appropriate forum to be discussing this.
>Secondly, there's actually a low percentage of USA residents on this list.
>Around about 1/3 are US residents.
>
>But in relevance to your topic, the main reason for this I think is that
>so many people are using the net for voice stuff and video stuff.
>
>Personally I think that US residents have been getting free phone calls
>for far too long. There is one obvious solution to this problem. Radio
>networks. No more phone calls, no more modems, and best of all, a card
>which is fairly easily supported with ELKS.
>
>Davey
>
>
