Osmer_Toby
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i got this in my email today- is this another one of those urban legends, or is there substance to this?
Federal Bil 602P
Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 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 inefficiency. 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.
Congressional representatives have 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 to write their congressional representative and
say "NO" to Bill 602P.
Federal Bil 602P
Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 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 inefficiency. 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.
Congressional representatives have 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 to write their congressional representative and
say "NO" to Bill 602P.
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