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OK, so what do we do to try to prevent the local phone companies
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from strangling the "hobby" BBS? Well, I'm not an expert about the FCC
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and phone company regulation, but I have an idea. If there is anyone
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out there that knows more about this kind of thing, then please jump
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in and help. Of if anyone has a better or alternative idea, let us
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know what it is. Are there any lawyers out there that know about FCC
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matters, please help if you can. Also, my local BBS does not carry a
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legal conference, so if any of you reading this message have access to
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an echoed legal conference, please pass these messages on and ask any
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legal minded people who want to help; to join us in the ILINK TELECOMM
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conference.
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Well, here's my idea. I think what we need to do is petition the
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FCC for a rule-making which would, in effect, bar local phone
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companies from arbitrarily reclassifying a residential phone line to a
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business phone line simply because it is attached to a computer
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running a BBS. We have to be reasonable about this, and remember that
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we are trying to save the BBS hobbyist, and not the BBS with 15-lines
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who charges a monthly or yearly subscription fee.
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What I am suggesting is that we petition the FCC to declare that
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a BBS with no more than TWO lines attached to modems, AND which
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charges not more than $5.00/month 1990 dollars, may not be
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involuntarily classified as a business user.
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What I am proposing is that, if this suggestion makes sense to
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you folks out there in BBS land, that we draft the guts of a letter to
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the FCC and get as many people as possible to to write the FCC asking
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for this rule. Are there any legal types out there that can help come
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up with a draft letter describing, in FCC legaleze, what we want to
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do. If so, please contact me via the ILINK TELECOMM conference, or
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via Airwaves BBs (205)757-1348, or via mail: Victor Dura, P.O. Box
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509, Rogersville, AL 35652
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We beat them once, and we can do it again if we stick together.
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Please help by staying tuned, and spreading these messages throughout
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BBS land. The text if these messages is contained in PCO-RIP.ZIP
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which may be downloaded from the following (feel free to add to this
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list) BBS:
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AirWaves (205)757-1348
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ExecPC (414)789-4210 from Mahoney Collection
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