This was an actual proposal and according to the fcc was voted down in 5/97.
John
Gareth Knight wrote:
> John!!
>
> Please don't tell me you've fallen for that old chesnut ??
>
> The "modem tax" scare has been knocking about the net in various forms
> since 1987. It was originally written as a prank, but the sheer
> number of responses brought the net then to its knees. So huge was
> the public outcry that some US poltiticians who had recieved
> compliants became convinced that the rumour was true. Ever since that
> fiasco, anyone who suddenly posts a new incarnation is ritually
> flamed.
>
> So consider yourself BBQ'd
>
> Gareth.
>
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