welfareloser
02-22-2002, 12:21 PM
Subject : e-mail charges
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 is
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 the 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 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 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!
Wishing you a year of renewal . . . one day at a time.
Love,
Your friends,
Rheana & Stephen, owners
Thank you for Supporting Our Dreams....
http://www.Bio-Buzz.com
http://www.ExpressYou.g2gm.com
http://www.Bio-BuzzDiscussions.yallmart.com
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 is
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 the 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 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 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!
Wishing you a year of renewal . . . one day at a time.
Love,
Your friends,
Rheana & Stephen, owners
Thank you for Supporting Our Dreams....
http://www.Bio-Buzz.com
http://www.ExpressYou.g2gm.com
http://www.Bio-BuzzDiscussions.yallmart.com