It's a hoax , Brent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: [VFB] Federal Bill 602p proposed 5 cent per E-mail Charge
> You may have already received this info --it seems to be a real > possibility: > > > >Federal Bill 602p > > > >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 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 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! > It might be good to > > 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. > > >
