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Subject: UNCLE SAM TO CHARGE INTERNET USERS FOR THEIR E-MAILS? HELP STOP IT!
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 08:19:05 PST
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Saturday, 4 Dec 1999 at 10:41 AM EST
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Subject: Re: E-Mail Charge
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> It figures!: No more free E-mail? We Knew this was coming!! Bill 602P
> will permit the Federal Govt. to charge a 5 cent charge on every
delivered
> email.
>
> Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and
> continue
> using E-mail: The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the
> Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through
> legislation
> that will affect your use of the Internet.
>
> Under proposed legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting to
> bill E-mail users out of "alternate postage fees." Bill 602P will permit
the
> Federal Govt. to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every E-mail delivered, by
> billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be
> billed in turn by the ISP. Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working
> without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal
> Service is claiming that lost revenue due to the proliferation of email
is
> costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have seen their
> recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter." Since the average
> received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the
typical
> individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars
per
> year, above and beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that this
would
> be
> money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a service they do not
even
> provide.
>
> The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference. If the
> federal government is permitted to tamper with end. You are already
paying
> an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. It
> currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from New York
> to Buffalo. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with email, it
> will
> mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. One
Congressman,
> Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty to forty dollar per month
> surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the government's
> proposed
> email charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the
> story,
> the only exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email
> surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th 1999
Editorial).
> Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away!
>
> Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and
> relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. It
> will only take a few moments of your time, and could very well be
> instrumental
> in killing a bill we don't want.
>
> Sincerely,
> David Rowe Rohelier
Regards to all...RICHLEW>>> |
