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type: Hoax
host platform: All
first incidence: 06/15/95
last incidence: 07/01/00
level of incidence: High
damage capacity: None
links: U/A
look for: Any message claiming the FCC is about to impose a special tax on the Internet.
This hoax, propagated through email for over a decade, claims that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon pass legislation taxing your Internet connection unless you write your congressman, governor, president, ISP, and Santa Claus. This originally began as a valid complaint, in 1987, when the FCC proposed removing a tax break it had previously granted CompuServe and some other large computer networks for use of the national telephone network. The FCC quickly withdrew the proposition once alarmed users of bulletin-board systems bombarded the FCC with outrageous complaints. The email enforces that you must forward it to everyone you know who has an Internet connection and take up the fight for tax-free access, regardless of the fact that it cites no closing date or docket number. The FCC's response to this public cry:
"... the FCC has no intention of assessing per-minute charges on Internet traffic or of making any changes in the way consumers obtain and pay for access to the Internet."
The FCC Modem Tax hoax makes its rounds every now and again, 12 years after the original tax adjustment proposition was thoroughly squelched. Additionally, thanks to a completely unrelated story reported by CNN in late November 1998, it is currently being circulated in an all new, modern format.
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