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From: "M. Collins" <>
Subject: [FREEMAN-L] Fw: Fw: Federal Bill 602-P
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:16:03 -0700


This may be the case....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Stoker" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Federal Bill 602-P


> www.urbanlegends.com is a good place to look up this stuff, also
> www.snopes.com
>
> Bill 602P does not exist.
> '602P' is not a valid name for a Congressional bill. Bills in the House of
> Representative are prefaced with 'H.R.'. Bills in the Senate are prefaced
> with 'S.'
> Congressman Tony Schnell does not exist.
> Lawyer Richard Stepp does not exist.
> The law firm of 'Berger, Stepp and Gorman' does not exist.
> There is no Concorde Street in Vienna, Virginia.
> As for per-minute charges for Internet access, the FCC, not the United
> States Congress, considered proposals to allow them but rejected the
> proposals in February 1999. The FCC says:
>
> Thus, the manner in which consumers pay for Internet access is not before
> the Commission and the Commission repeatedly has stated that it will not
> change the manner in which consumers obtain and pay for Internet access.
> Rumors to the contrary persist, however, and the FCC has received hundreds
> of thousands of e-mails on the subject over the last two years.
>
> When? April 1999
> Comments This hoax started life as a bill supposedly being considered in
>
>
>
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