Your friend has fallen for a long-running false e-mail rumor. See http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa012099.htm. Ken Freed wrote: > > Dear All, > > My friend Jon Leland at Media Mall today emailed me about a dangerous > move in Congress to permit telephone companies to charge long distance > rates for email being shipped over their wires to distant locations. I > don't yet > know all the details or the bill's title, but Jon's a "reliable source," > and would > not put his credibility on the line (see below) unless the > problem was real. > > Don't let this bill get passed, as it will stymie the growth and > freedom of the > Internet. The telcos have enough revenue streams, and they can get along > quite nicely without gaining a stranglehold on email traffic. In > his message > below, Jon gives a website for writing your Congressional Representative, > plus I further urge you to call your Representative's local and > DC offices, > and send a snailmail version of your letter (studies show that Congress > still pays more attrention to regular mail from constituents than email). > > Only a grassroots cry of protest can stop this telco-backed measure, > so please forward this email to as many friends as possible, and > ask them to do the same. Timing is critical. > > Thank you for taking a few minutes now to help yourself and others. > > -- ken > > Ken Freed > Media Visions Webzine > http://www.media-visions.com > > P.S. Sorry for the bulk emailing, but the importance merits this route. > > _________________________________ > > > > >PROTEST! CNN reported that in the next two weeks Congress is going to > >vote on allowing telephone companies to charge for Internet access. That > >means, 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 complain. Complain to your Congressman. Don't allow this to pass. > >http://www.house.gov/writerep. Pass this on! It is urgent! All > of us have an > >interest in this one. PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW TODAY!!! > > > >Clearly this is an issue that effects anyone who's actively using the > >Internet for either business or personal gain. I agree that restructuring > >the fees for Net access at this stage of the Net's evolution would be a > >disasterous mistake. > > > >Also, for those of you who are US citizens, writing to your > Congress person > >is easier than ever. You can get really easy access as well as > help finding > >your representative via this URL: > > > > http://www.house.gov/writerep > > > >I wrote to my representative Lynn Woolsey as shown below and > hope you will > >join me in this action. Feel free to copy any of the text (below > or above) > >that you > >wish to use and please forward this message according to your own views. > >Thanks! > >Jon > > > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Greetings Ms. Woolsey: > > > >CNN reports that you will be voting in the next two weeks on allowing > >Telephone Companies to charge for Internet Access. NO! This would > >undermine the freedom that has made the Web a true breakthrough for the > >democratization of communications. Not only is this part of my livlihood, > >but a crucial part of trying to revive our democracy. > > > >As your constituent, I implore you to take a stand on this issue and make > >sure that the telephone companies are not allowed to put business growth > >and communication freedom inhibiting "toll booths" on these delicate and > >formative stages of the development of our information highway. > > > >I would appreciate hearing your views on this initiative at your earliest > >convenience. > > > >Sincerely, > >Jon Leland > > > > > >||||||||||||||||||||||| > >Jon Leland > >President, Communication Bridges: http://www.combridges.com > >Publisher, Media Mall: http://www.mediamall.com/ > >"Video Web" contributing editor, Videography magazine: http://www.vidy.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED] / 415-454-5505 > >Subscribe to my FREE Media Mall E-Letter: >http://www.mediamall.com/html/subscribe.html >|||||||||||||||||||||||
