[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Anybody know what this person is talking about?

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I got this post on another email list I hang out on today:

I recently received an email from ebay. It was in reference to the 
new legislation that would give to the phone companies the ability to 
charge fees to the Internet and also change the free domain that now, 
supposedly, exists on the internet, so to speak,. I am very angry 
that the present American government wants to give more money to the 
rich phone conglomerates. <snip rant>

I asked for clarification, but I thought I'd ask here too.   Does anyone know what this person is talking about?  I really doubt they have been sent an email from eBay, and suspect that if there is some sort of legislation, that they are completely misunderstanding it's implications.  I've seen some very disturbing things make it through congress recently on similar topics, but nothing like this.  This sounds like the same old hoax garbage that's been floating around since the mid 90s.  Wasn't there federal legislation up until 98 that prevented anything of the sort that was then extended?

My bad memory.  *sigh*

Anyways.  Thoughts?









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