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

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

They couldn't be referring to the Net Neutrality debate could they?

Christian M. Cepel wrote:
> I got this post on another email list I hang out on today:
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> 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>
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> 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?
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> My bad memory.  *sigh*
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> Anyways.  Thoughts?
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