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Re: [GWL]: Charges for e-mail

This is a hoax...

>The following e-mail message is circulating widely.  I had heard about it on
>the radio long before I received it.  Anyone got any more info?
>
>##############################
>
>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
>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 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 to 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!
>
>#################################
>
>John MacGregor
>jonivy@earthlink.net
>
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