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colleagues, Please see http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html Tom On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Selma McEntire wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: EMAIL > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:05:53 -0500 > From: Verna Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > > > > > >>Subject: Take a few Minutes: SAY "NO!" TO BILL 602P > >> > >>CNN has reported that within the next two weeks > >>Congress is going to vote on allowing telephone companies to > >>CHARGE A TOLL FEE for Internet access. Translation: Every time we send > a > >>long distance e-mail we will receive a long distance charge. This will > get > >>costly. > >> > >>Please visit the following web site and file a complaint. > >>Complain to your Congressperson. We can't allow this > >>to pass! > >> > >>The following address will allow you to send an e-mail > >>on this subject DIRECTLY to your Congressperson. > >> > >>http://www.house.gov/writerep > >> > >>Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope > >>all of you will pass this on to all your friends and family. > >>We should ALL have an interest in this one. WAIT, THERE'S MORE. IN > >>ADDITION, 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 U.S. Postal Service > >>will be attempting to bilk email users out of "alternate > >>postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Govt to charge a 5 > >>cent surcharge on every email delivered, by billing Internet Service > >>Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the > ISP. > >> > >>Since the average citizen received about 10 pieces of email > >>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 > >>U.S. Postal Service for a service they do not even > >>provide. The whole point of the Internet is democracy and > >>non-interference. If the federal government is permitted to tamper > with > >our > >>liberties > >>by adding a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. 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 > >> New York to Buffalo. > >> > >>If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with > >>email, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United > States. > >>One congressman, Tony Schnell ? 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 email surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March > 6th, > >>1999)Editorial. > >> > >> > >>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 > >>602P. > >> > >>It will only take a few moments of your time, and > >>could very well be instrumental in killing a bill we don't > >>want. > >> > >>PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL > >>REMEMBER THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US > >>ONLINE LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD NOW, NOT AFTER. > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >>Eduardo Vertiz > >> > >>Managing Member > >>PAISANO, LLC. > >>10520 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 203 > >>Los Angeles, CA > >>T 310.475.6431 > >>F 603.806.1295 > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Leon C. Boyd, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Food Science; Box 7624 > North Carolina State University > Raleigh, NC 27695-7624 > Ph. 919-513-2259 > Fax 919-515-7124 > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Thomas B. Kepler, Director Raleigh, NC 27695-8203 Biomathematics Graduate Program phone: (919)515-1911 Department of Statistics FAX: (919)515-1909 North Carolina State University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
