On Wed, 01 Mar 2000 12:27:36 -0600 (CST) Atoska Gentry
<gentras@vetmed.auburn.edu> writes:
> >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:12:00 -0600
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> ><< ok people. Heres your chance to do something about this . Please 
> let
> >        your
> >        representative know. George C
> >
> >
> >        > NO MORE FREE E-MAIL.....
> >        > 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
> >willreceive 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.
> >        > Washington D.C. lawyer Richard Stepp isworking 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 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!!!!!!
> >        >
> >        >>
> >
> 
> Atoska S. Gentry B.S., HT(ASCP)
> Research Assistant
> Scott-Rtichey Research Center
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> Auburn University, AL  36849
> PH (334) 844-5579
> FAX (334) 844-5850
> 
> 
> 
> 

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