Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-13 Thread David Krings
Hi ! Reading ur mail anyways although i live in germany i understand ur concerns, but we even have to pay always for the phone connection. There are no free local calls here, so no matter what i do, if i email, download, chat or just idle, i have to pay about 2 cents per minute - and that

Re: Save the Internet (hoax)!

1999-11-12 Thread rpjday
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Ed Wilson wrote: > It wouldn't have such a impact if it didn't sound like something that a > government agency would do! :) > > Ed not to belabor the obvious, but that's what makes it such an effective hoax. :-) the same thing happened in canada earlier this year, and

Re: Save the Internet (hoax)!

1999-11-12 Thread Ed Wilson
It wouldn't have such a impact if it didn't sound like something that a government agency would do! :) Ed Doug McGarrett wrote: > I apologize, I'm told it was a hoax after all. > Sorry --doug > .. > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. -- To un

Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread Bill Ries-Knight
A pure deception. Go to the USPS disclaimer here: http://www.usps.gov/news/press/99/99045new.htm Bill Doug McGarrett wrote: > Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now. > > I hope this is not really off-topic, because we > are using the facilities mentioned to communicate > wit

Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
- Original Message - From: Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 10:39 AM Subject: Save the Internet > Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now. > > I hope this is not really off-topic, becau

Save the Internet (hoax)!

1999-11-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
I apologize, I'm told it was a hoax after all. Sorry --doug .. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread rpjday
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Doug McGarrett wrote: > Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now. > > I hope this is not really off-topic, because we > are using the facilities mentioned to communicate > with this mail list! > > I also hope we haven't been hoaxed, but it sounds > like th

Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread Gustav Schaffter
I just can't *believe* that this old hoax is *still* in circulation. Doug, very thoughtful of you. But believe me, it *is* a hoax. Gustav Doug McGarrett wrote: > > Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now. > > I hope this is not really off-topic, because we > are using the fa

Re: Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread Roger Dooley
Extracted from the Honorable Chet Edwards page: http://www.house.gov/edwards/pr990723webchrg.html. The other rumor concerns non-existent legislation that claims a ?Congressman Schnell? has recently introduced ?Bill 602P.? Supposedly, this bogus bill would allow the federal government to impose a

Save the Internet

1999-11-12 Thread Doug McGarrett
Folks outside the US and possessions can stop reading now. I hope this is not really off-topic, because we are using the facilities mentioned to communicate with this mail list! I also hope we haven't been hoaxed, but it sounds like the kind of thing you could expect. I was forwarded the follow