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It's a hoax.. This e-mail made it into a reporter's hands and the reporter
asked about this in the Clinton-Lazio debates in NY. CNN covered the hoax the next day. The US Postal Service denied it, of course. By the way, I have never seen a letter -- "P" -- following a bill number in the Congressional numbering system. Sherri Sera 11/07/2000 01:33 PM To: Steven J Kean/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Fw: Bill 602P Do you know if there is any truth to this? SRS ---------------------- Forwarded by Sherri Sera/Corp/Enron on 11/07/2000 01:22 PM --------------------------- From: Eddie Sera@ENRON COMMUNICATIONS on 11/07/2000 01:02 PM Sent by: Eduardo Sera@ENRON COMMUNICATIONS To: cc: (bcc: Sherri Sera/Corp/Enron) Subject: Fw: Bill 602P I don't know how true this is but if it is it is no bueno! Regards, Eddie Sera Enron Broadband Services Inc. Event Specialist PH: 713 853-0480 CELL: 713 562-7614 FAX: 713 646-8887 eddie_sera@enron.net www.enron.net < < < < Bill 602P < < < < 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 effect 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 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. Our Congressional representative, < Tony < < Schnell (R) 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 < < idea who's 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! < < < < < < < < <
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