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Date:         Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:36:27 EST
Reply-To:     Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: FW: E-Mail Surcharge
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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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