FWD: You should act on this
R. Joe Brandon
rjoe_brandon at iname.com
Fri Feb 4 14:38:49 EST 2000
Folks,
No need for a deluge of reply comments to any of these lists regarding this
message - this message should suffice - and please if you sent this message out
to anyone - do us all a favor and forward out my comments refutting this hoax
back up your e-mail tree.
Using these resource http://www.snopes.com/ specifically
http://www.snopes.com/info/current.htm
you can read the following information debunking of this annoying "real" e-mail
that has been wasting bandwidth for years.
Here is the response from Snooe.com
> 5¢ Surcharge on E-mail
>
> Congress or the Canadian government is about to impose a 5¢ surcharge
> per e-mail.
>
> Status: False.
>
> No, this is not happening. There is no Bill 602P, and no public-minded
> lawyer named Richard Stepp. Visit our A Long Pay From Home page for this
> hoax's tortured history.
>
Bottom line? This is false - please research any "incredible" announcements
you get like this before wasting space on a public list such as GRASS. This is
not the medium for such things.
R. Joe Brandon
jbrowne wrote:
> This was sent to me by one of my workers who knows these people. With that
> proviso... Think of what this would do to mailservers and other development
> communications.
> Jim
>
> >===== Original Message From Bella24267 at aol.com =====
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: "Millard,Scott" <SMillard at kennesaw.Lawco.com>
> To: Pucks1969 <Pucks1969 at aol.com>,
> Bella24267 <Bella24267 at aol.com>
> Subject: FWD: You should act on this
>
> Scott A. Millard
> Engineering Technician II
> LawGibb
> 5845 N.W. 158th Street
> Miami Lakes, Florida 33014
> Phone: (305) 826-5588 (extension 228)
> Fax: (305) 826-1799
> Smillard at Lawco.com <mailto:Smillard at Lawco.com>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borgen,Nelson
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:49 AM
> To: Adasme, Sergio; Alvarez, Armando; Benitez, Michelle;
> Bernal, Ricardo; Cunningham, Keary; De La Uz, Julia; Donaire, Cecile;
> Kanakis, George; Knight, Juliette; Larkin, Brendan; Millard, Scott; Ospina,
> Daura; Proenza, Maggie; Rajkumar, Paul; Ruiz, Rodolfo; Ryba, Todd; Shortt,
> Anthony; Velasquez, Manolo
> Subject: FW: You should act on this
>
> Nelson A. Borgen
> LawGibb Group, Inc.
> 5845 N.W. 158th Street
> Miami, Florida 33014
> Phone: 305/826-5588 / Ext. 230
> Fax: 305/826-1799
> E-Mail: NBORGEN at kennesaw.Lawco.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alvarez,Armando
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:45 AM
> To: Borgen,Nelson; Adasme,Sergio;
> Kanakis,George; 'Fred and the Boys'; Gomez,Joe
> Subject: You should act on this
>
> > Keep this passing along.
> > Our Reps do listen when we write them.
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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 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
> <http://www.house.gov/writerep>
> >
> > 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 e-mail users out of
> "alternate
> > 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 the
> > source. The consumer would then be billed
> in turn by
> > the ISP. The US Postal Service is
> claiming that lost
> > revenue due to the proliferation of e-mail
> is costing
> > nearly $230 million in revenue per year.
> (Oh, isn't
> > that too bad? Maybe they should actually
> read the
> > Constitution.) 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. If the federal
> government
> > is permitted to tamper with our liberties
> by adding
> > a surcharge to e-mail, 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 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. (Remember, you
> already pay
> > at least 65% tax on residential phone
> service as it is.)
> > 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 whose time has come" -
> SCARY!(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 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.
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