[meteorite-list] E-mail charges
From: kentnorwood <kentnorwood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:46:24 2004 Message-ID: <00aa01c0dd97$9e95ee00$c691fea9_at_w2w8k0> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C0DD5C.F0736D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Vote NO on Bill602P ......A MUST READ !!!!!!! 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 the proliferation of e-mail, is costing = nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. =20 You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There is nothing = like a letter." Since the average person received about ten pieces of = e-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an = addditional 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 non-interference. You are = already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of = bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to six 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. Please note also that interoffice mail = would be charged if e-mail is used and this bill passes. Therefore it = could create a large expense to businesses, organizations, non-profit = organizations, etc., who use e-mail to communicate between each other throughout the work day. = Congressional representative, Tony Schnell =AE 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 6, 1999, Editorial). =20 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 (using the US Postal Service of = course) 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! ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C0DD5C.F0736D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" = size=3D3>Subject: Vote=20 NO on Bill602P ......A MUST READ !!!!!!!<BR><BR> Guess = the=20 warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5 cents per=20 E-mail sent. It figures! No more free e-mail! We=20 knew this was coming!!<BR>Bill 602P will permit the Federal = Government to=20 charge a 5 cent charge on every delivered e-mail. Please read the=20 following carefully if you intend to stay online and continue using=20 e-mail. The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the = Government of the United States attempting to quietly push through = legislation=20 that will affect our use of the Internet. Under proposed = legislation, the=20 US Postal Service will be attempting to bill e-mail users out of = "alternative=20 postage fees".<BR>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to = charge a=20 5 cent surcharge on every e-mail delivered, by billing = Internet=20 Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be = billed=20 in turn by the ISP. Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp = is=20 working without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming=20 law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, = due the=20 proliferation of e-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue = per=20 year. </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> You may = have noticed=20 their recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like=20 a letter." Since the average person received about ten = pieces of=20 e-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical = individual would be=20 an addditional 50 cents a day or over $180 per year above and = beyond=20 their regular Internet costs. Note that this would be money = paid=20 directly to the US Postal Service for a service they do not = even=20 provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy = and=20 non-interference. You are already paying an = exorbitant price for=20 snail mail because of bureaucratic inefficiency. It=20 currently takes up to six days for a letter to be = delivered from coast=20 to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker=20 with e-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in = the United=20 States. Please note also that interoffice mail would = be charged=20 if e-mail is used and this bill passes. Therefore it=20 could create a large expense to businesses, organizations, = non-profit=20 organizations, etc., who use<BR>e-mail to communicate between each = other=20 throughout the work day. Congressional representative, = Tony=20 Schnell =AE has even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge = on all=20 Internet service" above and beyond the governments proposed = e-mail=20 charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have = ignored the=20 story, the only exception being the Washingtonian which called = the=20 idea of e-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has = come" (March=20 6, 1999, Editorial). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3> Do not = sit by and=20 watch your freedom erode away! </FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Send this e-mail to EVERYONE on your = list, and=20 tell all your friends and relatives to write=20 their congressional representative (using the US Postal = Service=20 of course) and say "NO" to Bill 602P. It will only = take a few=20 moments of your time and could very well be instrumental in killing = a bill=20 we do not want.<BR>>>> > > ><BR>>>> > > = > PLEASE = FORWARD!<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00A7_01C0DD5C.F0736D00-- Received on Tue 15 May 2001 07:34:40 PM PDT |
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