I didn't know you could find out at Google.
Thanks.
Klas.
>Klas - acording to this 602P is a hoax
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>Jim
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> F-Secure Hoax Information Pages: Bill 602P hoax
> ... I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P wants us
>to pay 5-cents per E-mail
> Sent. It figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!=
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>Bill 602P ...
> http://www.europe.f-secure.com/hoaxes/bill602p.shtml
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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 quiet=
ly
>>push through legislation that will affect our use of the Internet.
>>Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting to b=
ill
>>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 $230,000,0=
00
>>in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: "Ther=
e
>>is nothing like a letter."
>>Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per day in 19=
98,
>>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 non-interference. You are already paying an exorbitant pric=
e
>>for snail mail because of bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes u=
p
>>to 6 days for a letter to be delivered from coast to coast. If the US Pos=
tal
>>Service is allowed to tinker with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "fr=
ee"
>>Internet in the United States.
>>Congressional representative, Tony Schnell =AE 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 concep=
t
>>who's time has come" (March 6th,1999 Editorial).
>>=20=20
>>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 Bil=
l
>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!
>>=20=20
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