"FEES" HIDDEN IN BUDGET WILL COST YOU $$$$!! -- from comp.dcom.modems

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

I would like to call your specific attention to this quote by Carasso. 

>Roger Carasso is a special assistant to the chief of the
>Common Carrier Bureau at the FCC. He said it made sense that
>someone using a 14,400 bps modem pay more than someone using a 2400
>bps modem. He also commented that it was good policy to have the
>fees collected by modem manufacturers and the regional Bell
>operating companies (RBOC's). "That way the users don't see the
>government involved in the same old `tax and spend'. In this case
>the users can take pride in the fact that they are, in fact,
>directly financing the new `data superhighway' while, at the same
>time, freeing up scarce government resources for truly necessary
>social programs such as Medicare, food stamps and educFrom: