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< < < < Subject: Vote NO on Bill602P < < 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 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. < < 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 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! < < < < < < < < _________________________________________________________________ < Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com < <
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