FYI,
The U.S. government has gone and done it again! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Their latest and greatest "improvement", is a proposed bill
which would charge $0.05 for every e-mail delivered. This
has been in the works for a while, but kept on the Q.T.
Servers would be billed by the government, and then pass on
the expense to us. Based on U.S. averages, this equates to
an additional $180 per year, above and beyond regular
internet service. The U.S. Post Office, bitched that e-
mail is costing them $230,000,000 per year, and this is
Congress' idea of a bailout program. The Post Office would
be the recipient of these new fees. With the many recent
increases in postage costs, who knows where this bill will
lead, if it gets passed! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Is it just me, or does this piss anybody else off? I always
thought that you had to provide a service, to get paid.
They should call it what it is, a TAX! I have no problem
paying taxes, but I resent subsidizing what is essentially
a private enterprise. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Please let your representatives know that this is a BAD
idea! Sorry for the political diatribe, but thought you
guys might want to know.
Comments?
Bill
The U.S. government has gone and done it again! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Their latest and greatest "improvement", is a proposed bill
which would charge $0.05 for every e-mail delivered. This
has been in the works for a while, but kept on the Q.T.
Servers would be billed by the government, and then pass on
the expense to us. Based on U.S. averages, this equates to
an additional $180 per year, above and beyond regular
internet service. The U.S. Post Office, bitched that e-
mail is costing them $230,000,000 per year, and this is
Congress' idea of a bailout program. The Post Office would
be the recipient of these new fees. With the many recent
increases in postage costs, who knows where this bill will
lead, if it gets passed! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Is it just me, or does this piss anybody else off? I always
thought that you had to provide a service, to get paid.
They should call it what it is, a TAX! I have no problem
paying taxes, but I resent subsidizing what is essentially
a private enterprise. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Please let your representatives know that this is a BAD
idea! Sorry for the political diatribe, but thought you
guys might want to know.
Comments?
Bill