| Is Bill 602P Still a Hoax? | |
Dear Guide:
I still keep getting this really official-looking info about Bill 602P and your Website keeps saying it is a hoax, but your info was published before 2001. Is it STILL a hoax and something to ignore? ...At this date? Should I really write to my Congressman to stop a 5-cent charge on all emails?
Spare yourself some embarrassment and give your Congressional representatives a break; don't write to them about this nonexistent "email tax" bill [full text]. All the disproofs we've cited since 1999 still apply:
Then why do these false messages keep circulating? Because, to state it simply, Internet hoaxes never die, no matter how worthless the "information" they purvey. Check your inbox a year from now (or perhaps several years from now), and you'll still find dire warnings about "Bill 602P" taking up needless space there.
In addition, the subject matter — affordable Internet access — is and will forever remain a hot-button topic for users — justifiably so — and even though a good many of us have become tiresomely familiar with the hoax by now and know it to be false, there's an endless supply of Net newbies signing on for the first time every day who are willing to believe and pass along just about anything they read.
It's discouraging, I know, but an Internet fact of life.
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