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This has to do with the cable industry's court ruling that the "cable giants" offer an "information transfer" service and not a public phone system.

Verizon is now poised to jump on this ruling and argue that it's DSL is ALSO the same thing. DSL has a tax that is put on them because they are considered a "phone company". VoIP (internet telephone like the cable companies use) was never considered to be regular phone utility service ... therefore it was immune to the tax.

Now, your politicians (in all their amazing glory) will fight to collect taxes from VoIP rather than drop taxes from DSL .....

would you have expected anything different????
Posted by: rick752   Posted on: 07/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Waiter...  BitTwiddler | 07/01/05
RE: "Waiter..."  ajapierce | 07/06/05
Who's being left out?  ejhonda | 07/01/05
Rep. Peterson is telling us that the private  bjbrock | 07/01/05
I've been following and waiting for this one  rick752 | 07/01/05
How do we fight this?  stg30033@... | 07/02/05
Unless you have more capital than the lead corporations who want this...  HypnoToad | 07/02/05
Huh?  rapson | 07/02/05
Wait just a minute, where are the existing funds?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/02/05
It's in the hands of the FCC  DarbyOhara | 07/05/05
Broadband..where..what...when??  TIAMET | 07/05/05
Not again...  carr2ns | 07/06/05
If those hicks want broadband .....  Reverend MacFellow | 07/06/05
YA!  Protector | 07/06/05
Those "Hicks" feed you.  metrofin | 07/07/05
Hicks != Farmers  talen_raith | 07/07/05

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