The operative quote from the document is this:
"This means that those consumers who continue to access the Internet by
dialing a seven-digit number will not incur long distance charges when
they do so."
This is carrier-to-carrier charge, and should not affect consumers
*directly*; however, ISPs may raise their rates since they may be charged
more for their services. I guess we'll see.
Jack
> Here's the actual FCC statement:
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1999/nrcc9014.html
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Joshua W. Scott wrote:
>
> > Time for my monthly off-topic post for the non-slashdotters...
> > seems that the FCC had declared that calls to an ISP classify as Long
> > Distance.
> > here's the story:
> >
>http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?allowFeedback=false&referer=&outside_source=newsletter&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2einfoworld%2ecom%2fcgi-bin%2fdisplayStory%2epl%3f990225%2eenfccisp%2ehtm&doc_id=58500
> > Glad I'm getting that cable modem.
> > jws
> > --
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> > the direct result of the act of it."
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> "Sex happens to be one of the most important things in life in as much as
> each one of us is one or the other gender of it once we're born, which is
> the direct result of the act of it."
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