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["Jerry Elder" <joelder@flash.net>]

This rumor has made the rounds before and was false before and still is.
Check out the Urban Legends website at http://www.snopes2.com/ and conduct a
search on Federal Bill 602p and see for yourself.
Jerry Elder

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> 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!
> >
>
> Bob Stettner