considering the only time your email really goes through the phone lines is
from your computer to your ISP they cannot charge long distance. the rest of
the time it is routed from computer to computer using high speed lines. And
also, the government was designed to take a lot of time to pass bills such
as this. They have to pass through committees then sub committees before
they are even considered to be considered by congress. Even if there is a
remote chance that congress would pass this, the judicial branch would
surely declare it unconstitutional... Here's another thing that makes me
call bullshit on this. EVERYONE WOULD HATE THE PRESIDENT IF HE DIDN'T VETO
IT!!!!!!! He aint going down like that and the next president aint gonna
start like that, it takes a 2/3 majority to overturn his veto and that
really aint gonna happen, even if it did refer to number 2 above
(unconstitutional)
Anyways, sorry bout all that ranting, just get pissed off at this bullshit,
99% of u didn't even read this far anyhow :)
Matt
(BeasTboyz)
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck and Loreen <clrobbins@home.com>
To: DML <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 4:37 AM
Subject: DML: OT: The Demise of Mailing Lists??
> Just received this this morning. Don't know about the validity of it,
> but I have heard something like this before.
>
> Chuck Robbins
> '99 Sport v6 5spd 2wd RC
> http://www.members.home.com/clrobbins
>
> NO MORE FREE E-MAIL..... Dated 4 Jan 00
> >
> > 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 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 US 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 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 e-mail costing early
> > $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 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.
>
>
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