Fortunately, this *is* bogus.

This tale has been circulating for quite some time.

See: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa012099.htm

Pat Shugart


<<Jim McCoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>

This is not bogus.
The phone companies think they are being cheated out of well deserved long
distance charges.  Even though they are raking in fortunes on the leases of
all the lines taht support the internet.

-----Original Message-----
From: Genute, Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: Charging to use the internet? SPEAK UP


>I don't know if this message is bogus or not but I am so concerned that

/snip urban legend/