The Internet died last Thursday when the FCC ruled that long distance can be charged to ISPs for our connection to the NET via Telcos. -------------------------------------- > ...talks about wireless connections, yet the real costs of doing > wireless in most rural areas for wide-spread use is also very costly. It > may be fine to hook up a school or healthcare clinic, but what about the > small business, home-schooler, or other individual use-- I explained the tangled web of the FCC deceit and the effect of our connection rates to the Net via responsible ISP connection along with alternatives the Telcos will control. Their comments: o How can we connect at home to your site and do our work? o We can not afford pay-per-view, wireless, etc. ~~ CC students Note: Some can barely afford ~$19.95 unlimited now. Afterall, they are working students who must work so that can afford to take classes. The move of the FCC and the telcos greed effectively kills the above access to the above groups and my students' access. Distance Ed? Dead! Killed Thursday unless consumers and ISPs get the FCC to overturn the ruling. Get off dead center! Write, phone, email, scream loudly! We will not take big business corruption that denies access to those who cannot afford the price pass on that is to come. Divide? Try CHASM as large as The Grand Canyon and will get wider and deeper as time goes on! Prices start at a s'cker lower rate and go up. We consumers are not stupid. We know this. My students got it right off. ~~ Digital HAVENOTS R US -- P.A. Gantt, Computer Science Technology Instructor Electronic Media Design and Support Homepage http://user.icx.net/~pgantt/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=etech http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/vision/1998-11.asp Common sense is not common, and conventional wisdom is not wisdom. But at least you can have conventional sense. ~~ Daily Whale
