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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0598_01C19643.FFBC72C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FW: Fight Bill 602PA Hoax. Been around since at least April of '99. See = http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richie=20 To: techdiver@aquanaut.com=20 Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 16:41 Subject: Fw: Fight Bill 602P Thought the group might be interested in this non diving information.=20 Richie Federal Bill 602p 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 noninterference. 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 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. 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! ------=_NextPart_000_0598_01C19643.FFBC72C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>FW: Fight Bill 602P</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A Hoax.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Been around since at least April of = '99. See <A=20 href=3D"http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html">http://www.urbanle= gends.com/ulz/emailtax.html</A></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dcheers2@op*.ne* = href=3D"mailto:cheers2@op*.ne*">Richie</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dtechdiver@aquanaut.com=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">techdiver@aquanaut.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 05, = 2002=20 16:41</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: Fight Bill = 602P</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Thought the group might be interested in this = non diving=20 information. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Richie</FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida = Console">Federal Bill=20 602p</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Guess = the warnings=20 were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail = sent.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">It = figures! =20 No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P = will=20 permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every = delivered=20 E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to = stay online=20 and continue using E-mail. The last few months have revealed an = alarming=20 trend in the Government of the United States attempting to quietly = push=20 through legislation that will affect our use of the=20 Internet.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Under = proposed=20 legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail = users out=20 of "alternative postage fees."</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Bill = 602P will=20 permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge on every = e-mail=20 delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at = source.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">The = consumer would=20 then be billed in turn by the ISP.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida = Console">Washington DC=20 lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this = legislation from=20 becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to = the=20 proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per = year.=20 You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like = a=20 letter."</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Since = the average=20 person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of = the=20 typical individual would be an additional 50 cents a day -- or over = $180 per=20 year -- above and beyond their regular Internet = costs.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Note = that this=20 would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a service = they do=20 not even provide.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">The = whole point of=20 the Internet is democracy and noninterference. You are already paying = an=20 exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic = inefficiency. It=20 currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from coast = to=20 coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with = E-mail, it=20 will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United=20 States.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida = Console">Congressional=20 representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a "$20-$40 per = month=20 surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the governments = proposed=20 E-mail charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have = ignored the=20 story the only exception being the Washingtonian which called the idea = of=20 E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" (March 6th, = 1999=20 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode=20 away!</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">Send = this E-mail to=20 EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives to = write their=20 congressional representative and say "NO" to Bill = 602P.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida Console">It = will only take a=20 few moments of your time and could very well be instrumental in = killing a bill=20 we do not want.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P align=3Dleft><SPAN lang=3Den-us><FONT face=3D"Lucida = Console"> PLEASE=20 FORWARD!</FONT></SPAN></P><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></ HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0598_01C19643.FFBC72C0-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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