This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8253EC08C837B80AD79DAE75 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------8253EC08C837B80AD79DAE75 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail19.bellsouth.net (mail19.bellsouth.net [209.215.32.169]) by mail4.mia.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id MAA03964 for <wadphy@mia.bellsouth.net>; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:34:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from m17.boston.juno.com (m17.boston.juno.com [64.136.24.80]) by mail19.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id MAA21749 for <wadphy@bellsouth.net>; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:30:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from cookie.juno.com by cookie.juno.com for <"53yCr20EDLum4eY/OyKdxoExGdIqNzSbI8EnfR2r5m8wJhJ0lPPI6g=="> Received: (from nsteelebrown@juno.com) by m17.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id FYHP4BSQ; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:52:57 EST To: sabercrombie@excite.com, sparnakin@gci.net, SOUTH1995@AOL.COM, collierbrandi@hotmail.com, dbsteele1@AOL.COM, ksbrown99@AOL.COM, tiggerr28@earthlink.net, dwightsuedye@yahoo.com, LIV4HIM17@AOL.COM, dfarmer76@hotmail.com, SHORTYDH@hotmail.com, sekane63@yahoo.com, LLUXEMBU@LRS.DSS.STATE.LA.US, REVS1052@AOL.COM, wadphy@bellsouth.net, lewmj@AOL.COM, EAMAUCH@juno.com, charmcd@apk.net, mmichenerbskts@juno.com, timkyla@home.com, BECKJANE1000@AOL.COM, sitdale@yahoo.com, INDEBUTANT@AOL.COM, denversmith@webtv.net, delbert.snyder@prodigy.net, cherylstone@juno.com, treestump.golf@juno.com Subject: "Farmer, LaNell L." <LLFARMER@GAPAC.com>: FW: NO MORE FREE E-MAIL Message-ID: <20010314.115350.7799.0.NSTEELEBROWN@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-91 From: Naomi M Brown <nsteelebrown@juno.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:52:57 EST X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "Farmer, LaNell L." <LLFARMER@GAPAC.com> To: "'nsteelebrown@juno.com'" <nsteelebrown@juno.com> Subject: FW: NO MORE FREE E-MAIL Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:20:48 -0500 Message-ID: <55213BBEA192D311BFDF00508B122B33775A9C@cdmcro.srv.gapac.com> > Please spread this around. Typical Gov't intervention. > > > > This is serious, please read and write your congressman! > > > Subject: No More Free E-mail!? > > > Here we go again !!!!!!!!!! > > You may have seen this- 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. > > > > Best regards, > > Carole Kerker > > > --------- End forwarded message ---------- --------------8253EC08C837B80AD79DAE75--