VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!!
I 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 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,
Tony Schnell ? 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
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!
I 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 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,
Tony Schnell ? 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
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!
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