Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 15:16:12 -0800
Reply-To: byard <bluedove@KFALLS.NET>
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From: byard <bluedove@KFALLS.NET>
Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: E-Mail Surcharge
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Old rumors never die, no matter how many times
they've been discredited.
Jason Willenbrock wrote:
>
> hey all,
> thought you'd find this interesting
> jason
>
> >From: "Monteiro, Monique" <Monique.Monteiro@us.gambro.com>
> >To: "'dhahn@msnotes.wustl.edu'" <dhahn@msnotes.wustl.edu>,
> >"'lauren.frede@mdmnetwork.com'" <lauren.frede@mdmnetwork.com>,
> >"'mmartins@jmso.com'" <mmartins@jmso.com>, "'mmuniz@mhs-net.com'"
> ><mmuniz@mhs-net.com>, "'pooncerelli@hotmail.com'"
> ><pooncerelli@hotmail.com>, "'Tarazi'" <smtarazi@netzero.net>,
> >"'Walker, Kelly'" <Kelly.Walker@mdmnetwork.com>
> >Subject: FW: E-Mail Surcharge
> >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:19:21 -0500
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vicki M.W. Sklark [SMTP:thecatlover@mediaone.net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 5:44 PM
> > > To: Susan Lauer; scott olson; Sharon Walter; Sam & Natalie; Rob
> > > Ippolito; Rod & Mary Francis Jeannot; Monteiro, Monique; KLGSLW@aol.com;
> > > Josey & Mike Pizzani; John & Andrea Quinlan; Joe Kubek;
> >HambergJ@aol.com;
> > > Graymark; Godwin & Arlene Carty; Erik Solenstein; Elaine S. Raynes;
> >Darryl
> > > Washington; Debbie Simmonds; Dawn Treco; DancinLisa@aol.com; Crystal;
> > > Charles Woldenberg; Bruce Unger; Bo & Rachel White; Bary & Valerie Byrd;
> >B
> > > Cook; Andy/Rina O'Boyle; Alaina; Aimee; Aaron Fix
> > > Subject: Fw: E-Mail Surcharge
> > >
> > > Anyone that is up to date with current affairs know if this is true?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Subject: US Postal Service wants to add .05 surcharge to E-mail
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > It figures!: No more free E-mail?
> > > > > We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt.
> >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 your use of the Internet.
> > > > >
> > > > > Under proposed legislation the US Postal Service will be attempting
> >to
> > > > > bill E-mail users out of "alternate postage fees."
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt. 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
> >that
> > > > > revenue due to the proliferation of e-mail is costing nearly
> > > $230,000,000
> > > > > in revenue per year. You may have seen their recent ad campaign
> > > "There
> > > > is
> > > > > nothing like a letter."
> > > > >
> > > > > Since the average person receives about 10 pieces of E-mail 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
> >US
> > > > > Postal Service for a service they do not even provide. The whole
> > > point
> > > > of
> > > > > the Internet is democracy & 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 New York to Buffalo.
> > > > >
> > > > > 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. 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 E-mail
> > > > > 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 602-P.
> > > > >
> > > > > It will only take a few moments of your time, and could very well be
> > > > > instrumental in killing a bill we don't want.
> > > >
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