Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #299
Just another Urban legend!
Lorie Carriere wrote:
>
> It is a bogus e-mail and not true.
>
> >>> FmrJohnsPumpkins@aol.com 01/08/02 10:34PM >>>
> I apologize if it is incorrect of me to send this to our list, however,
> since
> it involved e-mail, and important pumpkin e-mail at that, I thought I
> should
> let the list see this. It came from a usually reliable source. Thank
> you.
> Eda
>
> 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 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 our 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.
>
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