Re: Junior's FCC note wasn't a hoax...
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Bob Soron wrote: ... but it was vague and late. It took a while to find some confirmation of this -- http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/18420.html -- but I didn't want to say anything until I had it. Although I'm glad Dave posted CIAC's hoax page URL, and everyone should check it out before sending out that sort of thing, it's also good to make sure it *is* a hoax before labeling it one. Sermon over. The recent hubbub between phone companies notwithstanding, that thing Junior posted has been goin' around the internet for years -- so much so that it's on the CIAC hoax page. Maybe you should complain to the CIAC about them labelling it a hoax.--don
Re: Junior's FCC note wasn't a hoax...
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Bob Soron wrote: ... but it was vague and late. It took a while to find some confirmation of this -- http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/18420.html -- but I didn't want to say anything until I had it. Although I'm glad Dave posted CIAC's hoax page URL, and everyone should check it out before sending out that sort of thing, it's also good to make sure it *is* a hoax before labeling it one. Sermon over. Also just happened to run into this while perusing the Postcard digest: Dan and Scott have both pointed out that this is a hoax - I by NO means want to start a debate about this, but I want to clarify the issue here. The FCC and phone companies are NOT trying to tax the Internet, and Congress will not approve anything of the sort. The issue is specifically using the Internet to make "long distance phone calls". It's pretty easy to imagine: people with microphones and Real Audio feeds can talk to each other, albeit at a delay, without having to dial a long distance number. This is what has the phone companies up in arms and this is why they're leaning hard on the FCC. That seems to sum it up pretty well.--don
Re: Junior's FCC note wasn't a hoax...
Don: The recent hubbub between phone companies notwithstanding, that thing Junior posted has been goin' around the internet for years -- so much so that it's on the CIAC hoax page. Maybe you should complain to the CIAC about them labelling it a hoax. Hmmm, I'll leave y'all to sort this out and stay out of the forwarding business (Phil Clips does it best, and where have they been lately, btw???). I *did* get it from a reliable / informed friend, however, so I was kind surprised when it turned our, or possibly turned out, to be bogus Anyhow, back to HNC acts using N'Sync moves. Yikes, just when you thought it couldn't get worse...g. --junior
Junior's FCC note wasn't a hoax...
... but it was vague and late. It took a while to find some confirmation of this -- http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/18420.html -- but I didn't want to say anything until I had it. Although I'm glad Dave posted CIAC's hoax page URL, and everyone should check it out before sending out that sort of thing, it's also good to make sure it *is* a hoax before labeling it one. Sermon over. np - WNUR's blues show seguing into Southbound Train Bob
