Von
Veteran Member, Advertiser
Hey guys,
I got this e-mail yesterday and was wondering if this is true or not, and has any one else heard of this.
I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P
5-cents per email 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 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 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 email 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 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 person received about 10 pieces of
e-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical
individual would be an additional .50 cents per day -
or over $180.00 a year - above and beyond their
regular Internet cost.
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
efficiency.
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.
Our congressional representative, Toney Shcnekll (r)
has even suggested a $20.00 - $40.00 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 email 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.
Take this for what its worth, but it wouldn't surprize me.
I got this e-mail yesterday and was wondering if this is true or not, and has any one else heard of this.
I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P
5-cents per email 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 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 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 email 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 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 person received about 10 pieces of
e-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical
individual would be an additional .50 cents per day -
or over $180.00 a year - above and beyond their
regular Internet cost.
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
efficiency.
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.
Our congressional representative, Toney Shcnekll (r)
has even suggested a $20.00 - $40.00 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 email 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.
Take this for what its worth, but it wouldn't surprize me.
