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Re: [GWL]: Charges for e-mail

On 1/24/02 11:55 AM, "John MacGregor" <jonivy@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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> 
Is this still around?  An identical message was circulating as early as 2
years ago.  Just another pesky internet hoax.

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