Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 5 Apr 91 16:04:43 GMT From: "Fred R. Goldstein" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New FCC Modem Tax? Message-ID: Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton MA USA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 272, Message 4 of 11 Lines: 25 In article , SABAHE@macalstr.edu (Arun Baheti) writes... > Does anyone have any up-to-date information on the new tax that is > being considered? That's one of the worst "chain letters" in telecom. PLEASE IGNORE IT! To summarize: Around 1987, the Reagan FCC proposed a change in telco billing practices that would have cost on-line services about $5/hour. The idea drew huge protest and was dropped under strong congressional pressure. The Bush FCC, to the best of my knowledge, disavowed the whole mess. The idea keeps popping up because old messages get forwarded and people don't keep track of the age, and 1987's news loses its date and looks new. That's a problem with E-mail; dates can get edited out. Fred R. Goldstein Digital Equipment Corp., Littleton MA goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com voice: +1 508 486 7388 Do you think anyone else on the planet would share my opinions, let alone a multi-billion dollar corporation?