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RE: [Fwd: PAYING FOR E-MAIL]
This is a hoax. I've already talked to Congressman Duncan's office about
this and they say there is no such bill.
Terry Harmon, RRPT
SR. HP Tech
Kelly Scientific Resources
Phone: (895) 241-0281
Pager: (895) 417-1592
Email: harmonto@ornl.gov
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> Subject: Charging us for e-mail - that's nuts
>
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> > Please pass this on to all you know:
> > Since many of us use e-mail for business and to keep
> > up with friends and family,I thought you'd like to
> > knowthe following.
> >
> > Please jump on it right away and forward this to
> > others.
> >
> > CNN has reported that within the next two weeks
> > Congress is going to vote on allowing telephone
> > companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for internet access.
> >
> > Translation:
> > Every time we send long distance e-mail we will
> > receive
> > a long distance charge. This will get costly.
> > Please visit the following web site and file a
> > complaint. Complain to your Congressperson.We can't
> > allow this to pass. The following address will allow
> > you to send an e-mail on this subject DIRECTLY to your
> > Congressperson.http://www.house.gov/writerep
> > Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent!
> > I hope all of you will pass this on to all your
> > friends and family.
> > We should ALL have an interest in this one.WAIT,
> > THERE'S MORE. IN ADDITION,
> > 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
> > emailper day in 1998, the cost to the typical
> > individual would be an additional50 cents per day,
> > or over $180 dollars Per year,above and beyond there
> > 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 inefficiency.
> > 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 ? 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 6, 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 killinga bill
> > we don't want.
> > PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL
> > REMEMBER THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT
> > ALL OF US ONLINE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD NOW,NOT AFTER
> >
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