--- THANETJO@aol.com wrote: > From: THANETJO@aol.com > Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:03:16 EDT > Subject: [PLACE] Important message regarding Email ~ > To: PLACE-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello Listers - I received this message and feel it > necessary to bring it to > your attention as if this Bill passes it will > greatly affect all of us > especially on the > Genealogy lists - > Josie > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Donna McKinney <Donna@arwp.uscourts.gov> > >To: Dinah Sigler <DSIGLER@ARC-AG.COM>; Richard D. > LeGrand > <rdl@digital.net>; > >Kay Santifer <meme@arkansas.net>; Donna Reynolds > <donz55@hotmail.com>; > Keely > >Jeffus <kajeffus77@aol.com>; susan hickam > <shickam@arwp.uscourts.gov> > >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:55 AM > >Subject: Please Read, this could be important! > > > > > >> ---- Original Message ----- > >> From: Subject: Bill 602P > >> > >> I 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 > 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 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! > >> > >> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/