Guest guest Posted June 10, 1999 Report Share Posted June 10, 1999 A C A L L T O A R M S -- I received this message from my good friend and avid FSU supporter Bruce and thought it was important enough to us all to pass on: Proposed legislation now in Congress -- Bill 602P -- would permit the federal government to charge a 5 cents for every email delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. The Postal Service claims that lost revenue due to the proliferation of email 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 citizen received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the cost to the typical internet user would be 50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year. Once e-mail rates are tampered with, use of the internet will become cost-prohibitive for many Americans. Republican Congressman Tony Schnell has even suggested a $20-40 per month surcharge (!) on all Internet service above and beyond the government's proposed email charges. Please send this e-mail to all your friends and relatives and ask them to contact their congressmen and say " No! " to Bill 602P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: cures for cancer - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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