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["J.C.Oatis" <soatis@hotmail.com>]

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> >It is lengthy but informative.
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• Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: FW: E-Mail Charges]
• From: Carron Warren <maccle@bellsouth.net>
• Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:21:22 -0400

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• Subject: Fwd: FW: E-Mail Charges
• From: Megabucks1@webtv.net
• Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:18:01 -0400 (EDT)

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• Subject: FW: E-Mail Charges
• From: "THOMPSON, NORMAN" <NORMAN.THOMPSON@DFAS.MIL>
• Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:26:39 -0400
• Return-Receipt-To: "THOMPSON, NORMAN" <NORMAN.THOMPSON@DFAS.MIL>

-----Original Message-----
From: THOMPSON, NORMAN 
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 10:22 AM
To: THOMPSON, NORMAN
Subject: E-Mail Charges



                       In  The  NEWS

             It Figures.
>> > > >
>> > > >     I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P
>> > > >     will charge you
>> > > >     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
>> > > >     non-interference. 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.
>> > > >
>> > > >     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 whose time has come"
>> > > >     (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
>> > > >
>> > > >     Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
>> > > >     Send this to 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!

                     The  End    &  Ain't That A Biscuit 

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