[COMP] Fw: Bill 602P e-mail charges

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Subject: FW: Bill 602P e-mail charges


| Hi folks,
| I just received this from a friend. I think it is important that we call our
| senators and representatives and see if we can nip this in the bud. Leave it
| to  the government and I guess we would be subsidizing buggy whip makers, as
| well.
| Please call or write to your Reps, folks!
| Cheers,
| Paul
| 
| -----Original Message-----
| Subject: Bill 602P e-mail charges
| 
| 
| VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
| 
|  I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill
|  602P 5-cents per E-mail Sent.  It figures!  No more free
|  E-mail!   We knew this was coming!   Bill 602P will
|  permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent
|  charge on every delivered E-mail.
| 
|  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 our use of
|  the Internet.
| 
|  Under proposed legislation, the US Postal
|  Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of
|  "alternative postage fees."  Bill 602P will permit the
|  Federal Government 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 lost
|  revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, 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 person received about 10
|  pieces of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the
|  typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a
|  day-or over $180 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 noninterference.  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 coast
|  to coast.  If the US Postal Service is allowed to
|  tinker with E-mail,  it will mark the end of the "free"
|  Internet in the United States. Our congressional
|  representative, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a
|  "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service"
|  above and beyond the governments proposed E-mail
|  charges
| 
|   Note that most of the major newspapers have
|   ignored the story-the only exception being the
|   Washingtonian - which called the idea of E-mail
|   surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come"
|   (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
| 
|   Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode
|   away!  Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list,
|   and tell all your friends and relatives write their
|   congressional representative 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
|   do not want.
| 
|   Please forward!
| 
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