Yes, it's the internet version of an "Urban Legend"
Joe
>===== Original Message From "Gordon Rice" <gordonrice@hotmail.com> =====
>This is a long running internet hoax that apparently will never
>die. See http://www.wirednews.com/news/culture/0,1284,38418,00.html
>for more information.
>
>
>>From: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>
>>Reply-To: Joe Short <buster_balz@operamail.com>
>>To: <mgs@autox.team.net>, GLEN <sec.glen@vif.com>, Larry Hoy
>><larryhoy@prodigy.net>, Robert Sexson <rsexson@excite.com>
>>Subject: RE: E-mail charges
>>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:23:14 -0400
>>
>>So, someone actually thinks this is possible ?
>>P.T. Barnum was right.
>>
>>Joe.
>>
>>
>>
>> >===== Original Message From GLEN <sec.glen@vif.com> =====
>> >Hey! - Simple solution - move all your e-mail accounts up here to
>> >Canada! As slow as the Canadian Postes are, it will take about 40 years
>>to
>> >pass the required legislation, even if it passed popular demand!
>> >
>> >Glen Eldridge
>> >Beaconsfield, Quebec
>> >
>> >
>> >At 08:59 AM 9/25/00 -0600, Larry Hoy wrote:
>> >>If I see this one more time I think I'll vomit.
>> >>
>> >>Larry Hoy
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> >> >Behalf Of Robert Sexson
>> >> >Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 3:44 PM
>> >> >To: mgs@autox.team.net
>> >> >Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> From: EDS3233@aol.com
>> >> >> Message-ID: <8.aa13673.26ff7cf9@aol.com>
>> >> >> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:51:21 EDT
>> >> >> Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
>> >> >> To: Johns7010@aol.com, rsexson@excite.com
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I saw this coming a long time ago.
>> >> >> Message-Id: <00Sep22.081819edt.119152@gatekeeper.bop.gov>
>> >> >> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:14:55 -0400
>> >> >> From: "Edward Sexson" <esexson@bop.gov>
>> >> >> To: <eds3233@aol.com>
>> >> >> Subject: Fwd: E-mail charges
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:25:29 -0400
>> >> >> From: "Angela Page" <adeskin@bop.gov>
>> >> >> To: <bpagemlm@prodigy.net>
>> >> >> Cc: "Edward Sexson" <esexson@bop.gov>,
>> >> >> "Judy Huggins" <jxhuggins@bop.gov>,
>> >> >> "Kathy Donaldson" <kdonaldson@bop.gov>,
>> >> >> "Olivia Osten" <oosten@bop.gov>
>> >> >> Subject: E-mail charges
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Subject: Vote No on Bill 602P
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ---------------------- Forwarded by Evalin McClain/ad/kcmo on
>>09/19/2000
>> >> >> 01:49 PM ---------------------------
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Diana Johnson - 513-1483
>> >> >> 09/19/2000 01:43 PM
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To: SOS Audio <sosaudio@swbell.net>, Dallas Dixon/co/kcmo@kcmo,
>> >> >> sha7779311@aol.com, lglewis1 <lglewis1@pdq.net>, Evalin
>> >> >> McClain/ad/kcmo@kcmo, mnosseir@tb-engr.com,
>>len5star@home.com,
>> >> >> kthompson@aol.com, Terezpw@aol.com
>> >> >> cc:
>> >> >> Subject: Vote No on Bill 602P
>> >> >>
>> >> >> VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > I 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 efficiency. 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. Our 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 to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list,
>> >> >> > > > and tell all your friends and relatives 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!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >_______________________________________________________
>> >> >Say Bye to Slow Internet!
>> >> >http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
>> >> >
>>
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