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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Elizabeth B Benham
>To:
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>; ;
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>; ; ;
>; ; ;
>; ;
>; ; ;
>; ; ;
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>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:25 AM
>Subject: URGENT (about email fees)
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>>
>> > > 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 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. 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. (Oh, isn't that too bad?) 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
>> > > > > > whose 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!
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
From: Randy A Wheaton [mailto:randya]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 9:24 AM
To: shadyw
Cc: roviv; deusyc; Chasmaca;
Megan60818; deusys; toddw;
DiBonat
Subject: Fw: Fw: URGENT (about email fees)
>X-From_: staylor Sat Jan 8 16:35:13 2000
>From: "Sharon Taylor"
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>Subject: Fw: Fw: URGENT (about email fees)
>Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 16:08:06 -0500
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>> From: JADamboise
>> To: clowns36; Pennyande; BENJ3;
>paulacarm; Sewing2Sue; dadsanta;
>Gcfeasel; LA_FEAZ; carolfer;
>sjhall; Muzika111; VERN699;
>smannoni; Dpunky; Beenzie;
>LindeeLou2; JSessler; staylor;
>scott3
>> Subject: Fwd: Fw: URGENT (about email fees)
>> Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 3:19 PM
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>>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Elizabeth B Benham
>To:
>Cc: ; ; ;
>; ;
;
>; ; ;
>; ; ;
>; ;
>; ; ;
>; ; ;
>;
>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 9:25 AM
>Subject: URGENT (about email fees)
>
>
>>
>> > > 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 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. 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. (Oh, isn't that too bad?) 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
>> > > > > 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
>> > > > > > whose time has
>> > > > > > come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this
>> 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!
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
