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?
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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