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-----Original Message----- From: dick <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 5:22 PM Subject: Fw: Internet Costs > Important! >>X-From_: [log in to unmask] Sun Sep 12 07:26:23 1999 >>From: "Cheryl R. Dugan" <[log in to unmask]> >>To: "Linda Starkey" <[log in to unmask]>, "Mary Sinsel" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Gloria Schoonover" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Cindy Sausedo" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Jenny Painter" <[log in to unmask]>, "Kim Newfer" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Robert Moreland" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Carole Maenle" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Kathy Kirchberg" <[log in to unmask]>, "Penny Hunt" ><[log in to unmask]>, >> "Dave W Jones" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Kim & Tom Graham" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Robert Gould" <[log in to unmask]>, "Shelly Farler" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Dick Clark" <[log in to unmask]>, "Butch & Stacey" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Sue Burton" <[log in to unmask]>, "dee bok" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "coleen beasecker" <[log in to unmask]>, >> "Elizabeth Ball" <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Fw: Internet Costs > Important! >>Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 07:25:15 -0400 >>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 >>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 >> >> >>Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 12:51 AM >>Subject: Internet Costs > Important! >> >> >>> [log in to unmask] - http://www.Zipstreet.com >>> >>> FYI, >>> 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, 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. >>> Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent >>> this >>> legislation from becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming that >>> lost revenue due to the proliferation of >>> e-mail 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 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 (R) 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. >>> Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, write to [log in to unmask] >>> MSN Messenger Service lets you stay in touch instantly with >>> your family & friends - Visit http://messenger.msn.com >>> >>> >> >> >