Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 Please - make your voice heard!! Original Message ----- > >To: ; JOANNE >PATRICIA >YUAN ; Chip Lezy >; LeeSang >; Elean Lee ; >Billie Lowe ; & Darren >Casey ; Jeannie >Kong ; Kimmie Chin > >Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 11:06 AM >Subject: FYI > > > > > > Charging for e-mail > > > > Since many of us use e-mail for business and to keep up with friends > > and family, I thought you'd like to know the following. > > > > 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 > > web > > site listed below and voice your opposition. Write your Congressperson. > > We can't allow this to pass! > > > > Jump on it right away and forward this to others. Please join me in > > writing to your congressman and letting him know where you stand on > > this issue. > > 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! We should ALL have an > > interest > > in this one. > > BUT 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. > > > > > > The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. > > Washington DC lawyer Stepp is working, without a fee, to >prevent > > > this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming > > that > > 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 citizen > > received about 10 pieces of e-mail 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 US Postal Service for a service they do not > > even > > provide. The whole point of the is democracy and non-interference. If > > the > > federal government is > > permitted to tamper with our liberties by adding a surcharge to e-mail, >what > > is next? 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 US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with e-mail, 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 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. > > > > 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 E-MAIL > > REMEMBER THESE ARE TWO > > SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT ALL OF US ONLINE LET YOUR VOICE > > BE HEARD NOW, NOT AFTER THE COW IS OUT OF THE BARN!!! > > > > > > <A HREF= " http://www.house.gov/htbin/wrep_save " >Write Your > > Representative</A> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 1999 Report Share Posted November 18, 1999 Before everyone gets too upset about the long distance internet thing, you should read this article: http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa012099.h tm S. Huggins Fwd: Action required [snip: notice about the long distance internet thing] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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