Apparently This is not a hoax. Read on non believers and HOAX BUSTERS. This is from a family member. At 04:35 PM 5/3/99 -0500, you wrote: >Al, > > I just got back from DC last week and was doing some telecom lobbying there. This >little piece of legislation don't have a chance of passing at this time. MCIWorldcom does >not support this, and we are the largest internet traffic supplier in the world. Besides, as >long as companies are making money with advertising, there will be free email available. >This is a ploy used by the RBOCS to try and change the telecom act of 1996 to get them >into intralata (long distance) transmissions without letting long distance into the local market. >They are trying to say that when the bill was passed it was for voice only, and did not include >data, however it did include data, they just didn't forsee how fast people would embrace the >internet. > >Bob ========================================== Keep your eyes and ears open. Captain Al > Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email - CaptainAl@Juno.com Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain