Subject: Vote NO on Bill 602P

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> > > > > >> > >Subject: Vote NO on Bill 602P

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> > > > > >> > >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

> > > > > >> > > 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. 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 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.

> > > > > >> > >

> > > > > >> > >PLEASE FORWARD!

> > > > > >> > >

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