But, is this true or just someone's idea of a hoax?
-----Original Message-----
From: toyman@htcomp.net <toyman@htcomp.net>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: June 10, 1999 5:48 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Email
>Please forgive me for doing this but as this affects everyone on this list
I
>wanted to pass this along (flame me if you must,be merciful,my wife washed
my
>asbestos suit and it should have been dry cleaned)Brad
>
> >Subject: Email
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>> >>
>> >>Subject:
>> >> Fw: Email and the USPS
>> >> Date:
>> >> Mon, 31 May 1999 14:16:11 -0500
>> >> From:
>> >> gluck@itexas.net (gluck@itexas.net)
>> >>
>> >>Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay online and
>> >>continue using email: 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 bilk email users out of "alternate postage fees".
>> >>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge
>> >>on every email 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 email 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 email 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 their 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
>> >>email, who knows where it will end. 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 New York to Buffalo.
>> >>
>> >>If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with email, it will
>> >>mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. One
>> >>congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty to
>> >>forty dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above
>> >>and beyond the government's proposed email charges. Note that
>> >>most of the major newspapers have ignored the story, the only
>> >>exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email
>> >>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.
>> >>
>> >>Kate Turner
>> >>Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman
>> >>Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, VA
>> >>
>> >>Mike
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