Not again!  This old chestnut is really getting
tiresome.  Not only do I get the forwarded directly
from colleagues, now it is coming through on ALL of
the listservers and newsgroups.  This is an internet
hoax, an urban legend.  Visit About.com and check out
their guide to urban legends and internet hoaxes. 
Just because something is reported in certain portions
of the newsmedia doesn't make it real.  In fact, the
newsmedia is responsible for most of the
misinformation and disinformation floating around. 

Roger Moretz

--- Atoska Gentry <gentras@vetmed.auburn.edu> wrote:
> >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:12:00 -0600
> >Sender: Damarius Antwann Studdard
> <studd001@bama.ua.edu>
> >From: Damarius Antwann Studdard
> <studd001@bama.ua.edu>
> >To: "D'Shundra McCray" <d_mccray@hotmail.com>,
> >        "Jr. Desouza" <juniordesouza@hotmail.com>,
> >        "JSD7511@aol.com" <JSD7511@aol.com>,
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> >        Ron Tolliver <RonLove3@collegeclub.com>,
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> >        STACY CAMBELL <spider-bytes@hotmail.com>,
> studd001@bama.ua.edu,
> >        Tennille Lowe <lowe001@bama.ua.edu>,
> >        Tiffany Bowen <tbowen1@boc.cba.ua.edu>,
> >        Tonya Benjamin <benja001@bama.ua.edu>
> >X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00002122
> >Subject:
> >Mime-Version: 1.0
> >
> ><< ok people. Heres your chance to do something
> about this . Please let
> >        your
> >        representative know. George C
> >
> >
> >        > NO MORE FREE E-MAIL.....
> >        > 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
> >willreceive 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 U.S. 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
> isworking 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 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 non-interference. 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.
> >        > LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD NOW, NOT
> AFTER!!!!!!
> >        >
> >        >>
> >
> 
> Atoska S. Gentry B.S., HT(ASCP)
> Research Assistant
> Scott-Rtichey Research Center
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> Auburn University, AL  36849
> PH (334) 844-5579
> FAX (334) 844-5850
> 
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