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Joyce Hatfield writes:
I thought all of you might be interested in this email article I
received.
Read on.
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Subject: IMPORTANT Congress to allow E-mail charges!!
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:41:32 -0700
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> > ->>>> >Please pass this on to all you know since many of us use
> e-mail for
> > >>>> >business and to keep up with friends and family, I thought
> you'd
> like
> > >to
> > >>>> >know the following. Please jump on it right away and forward
> this to
> > >>>> >others. CNN has reported that within the next two weeks
> Congress is
> > >going
> > >>>> >to vote on allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE
> for
> > >Internet
> > >>>> >access. Translation: Every time we send long distance e-mail
> we
> will
> > >>>> >receive a long distance charge. This will get costly. Please
> visit
> the
> > >>>> >following web site and file a complaint. Complain to your
> > >Congressperson.
> > >>>> >We can't allow this to pass. The following address will allow
> you
> to
> > >>>send
> > >>>> >an e-mail on this subject DIRECTLY to your Congressperson.
> > >>>> > <http://www.house.gov/writerep>
> > >>>> >Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope all of you
> will
> > pass
> > >>>> >this on to all your friends and family. We should ALL have an
> > interest
> > >>>in
> > >>>> >this one.
> > >>>> > WAIT, THERE'S MORE. IN ADDITION, 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 your use of the
> Internet.
> > >Under
> > >>>> >proposed legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be
> attempting to
> > bill
> > >>>> >e-mail users out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will
> permit
> > the
> > >>>> >Federal Govt. 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 D.C. lawyer Richard
> Stepp is
> > >>>working
> > >>>> >without pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law.
> The U.S.
> > >>>Postal
> > >>>> >Service is claiming that 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
> > >>>> >citizen received about 10 pieces of e-mail per day in 1998,
> the cost
> to
> > >>>the
> > >>>> >typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day, or
> over
> > >$180
> > >>>> >dollars Per year, above and beyond there regular Internet
> costs.
> Note
> > >>>that
> > >>>> >this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal Service
> for a
> > >>>service
> > >>>> >they do not even provide. The whole point of the Internet is
> > democracy
> > >>>and
> > >>>> >non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to
> tamper
> > >with
> > >>>> >our liberties by adding a surcharge to e-mail, who knows where
> it
> will
> > >>>end.
> > >>>> >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 New York to Buffalo. If The U.S. Postal
> Service is
> > >>>> >allowed to tinker with e-mail; it will mark the end of the
> "free"
> > >>>Internet
> > >>>> >in the United States.
> > >>>> > One congressman, Tony Schnell has even suggested a "twenty to
> forty
> > >>>dollar
> > >>>> >per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond
> the
> > >>>> >government's 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.
> > >>>> > Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this
> e-mail
> to
> > >>>> >EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives
> to
> > write
> > >>>to
> > >>>> >their congressman 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 don't want.
> > >>>> > PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES E-MAIL REMEMBER
> THESE ARE
> > >TWO
> > >>>> >SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US ONLINE. LET YOUR VOICE
> BE
> HEARD
> > >>>NOW,
> > >>>> >NOT AFTER.
>
>
>
>
>
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