-Caveat Lector-
Sorry, folks, this is an ancient Internet hoax...debunked many, many times
before...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: earthman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 7:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] INTERNET MAIL FEES COMING?!
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Subject:
> INTERNET MAIL FEES COMING?!
> Date:
> Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:24:41 EDT
> From:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
> To all of you not-so-wealthy-in-America Internet users:
> Following is an e-mail received this week, which should be addressed as
> soon
> as you can get to it. A few lines will do, and you can send your message
> by
> e-mail (fast, immediate, and surcharge-free (unless or until these bills
> are
> passed). I have already sent my note!
> Angie
> ==================
> INTERNET MAIL FEES COMING?!
> 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 a 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 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
> 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
> 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 e-mail 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 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 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
> surcharge "a
> useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th, 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 EMAIL REMEMBER THESE ARE
> TWO
> SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US ONLINE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD
> NOW, NOT
> AFTER
> From:
> Rebecca Shortridge, Assistant Professor of Accounting
> Department of Accountancy and Business Law
> University of North Carolina at Wilmington
> 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-3297
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Phone: 910-962-3969 Fax: 910-962-3815
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