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Re: Pay for an e-Mail??

Posted by Eian on 1999-09-02

Hey, check out:

http://www.cfc.dnd.ca/emailtax.html

I think that it will be more than informative! :)

Eian

Mathieu Paquet wrote:

> Hi, everyone.
>         I know that my subject is a little out of topic.... but I want =
> to know your opinion. Our dear Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretien, =
> (I'm sarcastic, by the way), wants to add a new tax to the long list =
> that we already have. So, each time that someone would like to send an =
> e-mail, this person would had to pay 0,10$ canadian (0,06$ US). This is =
> really p***ing me off!!! Some people send at least 20 e-mail a day, so =
> you imagine the bill for a month? Altavista is talking about free =
> internet access, and Canada is talking about paying e-mails... Pay for =
> some f**king bits that travels on a line... and we must also pay the ISP =
> to have internet...  Hurray for this great move! :-(
>
> >