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Re: Anyone heard of Bill 602P?
This is bogus. Check snopes.com for manyh urban legends.
Robin Kennedy
Project Archivist
Northern Michigan University
At 01:01 PM 10/9/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Good afternoon to all,
>I was wondering if anyone else on this list had heard anything of the
>supposed "bill 602P." I received this forward from a friend who is usually
>wary of bogus postings but this seemed real enough to him to question. If
>it is, I apologize for the extra delete-key work, if not then it could spell
>trouble for all.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lorraine H. <patchiz@hotmail.com>
>
>Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:20 AM
>Subject: VOTE NO ON BILL 602P
>
>
>
> VOTE NO ON BILL 602P
>
> I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents
> per email sent.
>
> It figures! No more free e-mail! We knew this was coming.
> Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge
> 5-cent charge on every delivered e-mail. Please read the
> following carefully if you intend to stay online, 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 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 email 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 per day -- or over $180.00 a year -- above and
> beyond their regular Internet cost. 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
> efficiency. 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.
>
> Our congressional representative, Toney Shcnekll (r) has
> even suggested a $20.00 -- $40.00 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!
>
> Sent this email to EVERYONE on you 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 HELP! PLEASE FORWARD!
>
>
>Tom Anderson; Collections
>American Museum of Science and Energy
>300 S. Tulane
>Oak Ridge, TN 37830
>(865) 576-3228 (Voice), (865) 576-6024 (Fax)
>
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