RE: Fw: Charging postage for email!!

[Guest guest]

Let me start by saying this isn't a flame....don't take it that way...I am

just sending this for informational purposes...I am an Information Systems

Professional and see things like this all the time....now......

Just want everyone to know..this is an email hoax....it has been circulating

for some time...there are numerous others (similar hoaxes) out there as

well.....

The Department of Energy has a computer incident advisory web site dedicated

to stopping rumors such as this before they get out of hand...the area which

refers to the email tax hoax is at the url listed below...

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#emailtax

What is the purpose a such a hoax you ask?....basically it is designed to

clog up band width....when people hear of such things they immediately send

it to a bunch of their email friends who send it to theirs who....you can

imagin what happens...it is kind of like the energizer bunny.......it might

be a good idea to check the CIAC from time to time to see what the latest

hoaxes are so you can avoid passing on faulty information and starting a run

for the bank....

Blessings and health....

> rheumatic Fw: Charging postage for email!!

>

>

> From: " Kyla MacKenzie " <celticfox@...>

>

> Thought some of you might be interested in reading this......it's

> absolutely shocking!

>

> Kyla

> Toronto, Canada

> ______________________________________________

>

> > Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay

> on-line and

> > continue using email:

> >

> > 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

> > bill 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

> > 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 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 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

> noninterference.

> >

> > 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

> > efficiency. 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 whose time has come " (March 6th 1999

> Editorial) Don't sit

> > by and watch your freedom erode away!

> >

> > Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell your

> friends and

> > relatives to write to their congressman and say " No! " to Bill

> 602P.

> >

> > Kate Assistant to Stepp, Berger, Stepp and

> Gorman

> > Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, VA

> >

> > URGENT!!!! Pass this along to all your email buddies

> >

>

> >