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Re: Fw: Congress to vote on allowing a toll charge for internetaccess]

  • From: Alex Kamantauskas
  • Date: Tue Jan 25 14:07:40 2000

On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Brad S. Dreisbach wrote:

>> 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.

 HR 602 - the "Civil Service Long-Term Care Insurance Benefit Act"?  

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Alex Kamantauskas
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