[COMP] Re: [Fwd: Fwd: Fw: Postal rates]

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Arghhhhhhhh


It's the 602P email farce!!!!


It's a hoax.

At 08:12 PM 3/17/00 , you wrote:
>I'm not sure if this is at all true, but it's enough to ruin *my*
>night.  Has anyone heard anything confirming this?
>
>
>
> > >>  > There was a piece on 'World News Tonight' Monday
> > >> mentioning
> > >>  >  briefly this same subject....
> > >>  >
> > >>  >  Subject:   US Stamps for E-mails
> > >>  >
> > >>  > Please read the following carefully if you intend to
> > >> stay
> > >>  > on-line 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 US Postal Service
> > >> will be attempting to
> > >>  > bill 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 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

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