[26883] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fw: Congress to vote on allowing a toll charge for internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Kamantauskas)
Tue Jan 25 14:08:12 2000
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:03:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Alex Kamantauskas <alexk@tugger.net>
To: "Brad S. Dreisbach" <bradd@dn.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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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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