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To: Adelle who wrote (44213)	6/11/1999 1:26:00 PM
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CYCH - you're right... it wants to break out... must be the general market sentiment that's holding it down... OT - what do you think of this email I received? >> >>Date: Monday, June 07, 1999 5:39 PM >> >> >> >> If this passes, you won't be able to afford e-mail! >> >> >> >> >> >>Dear Internet Subscriber: >> >> >> >>Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and >> >>continue using email: 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 U.S. Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email >users >> >out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. >to >> >charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing Internet >> >Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by >> >the ISP. >> >> >> >>Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent >> >this legislation from becoming law. The U.S. 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 noticed their recent ad >> >campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen >> >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 U.S. 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 our liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows >where >> >it will 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 U.S. 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 email to all Americans on your list and tell your friends and >> >>relatives to write to their congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. >> >> >> >> >> >>Kate Turner Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman >> >>Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va >> >>