hulettkPremium
join:2002-12-26
Allen, TX | Fed up with all the Hoopla Personally, I'm tired of all the arguing about whether VoIP should follow the same rules as LECs.
1) If anyone can deny that the regulations in this country are often out-dated and sometimes plain rediculous, please step forward. Change is desperately needed. Don't kill innovation just because you want a piece of the pie and didn't find a way to get involved in the beginning. That's mostly what is wrong with regulation. It comes afterwards, after everything is working fine without it. They step in to collect on the work they didn't do. Greed, ciphoning, money-sucking leeches, and parasites are a few words that come to mind.
2) Let's also not forgot who is being paid for use of and charging taxes and other fees on the pipes that carry the voice over the data. Most, if not all of the physcial cabling that is actually taking up 'residence' in each state across the country is owned by either the telcos or the cable companies. These guys are already paying taxes and other regulatory fees, etc on these lines. They are then passing the bill to the ISPs, who lease out these lines. In return, the costs incurred by the ISP determines the price that ISP will charge for it's services.
So please explain to me, why you now want to tack on more taxes on the end user?
Leave the state and regulatory taxes on the cabling that exists physically in those states, etc. The charges will filter through the system, until each has taken on a portion of the burden. Then, based on the costs incurred and variable of Supply and Demand, the final costs to the customer (whether home or business) can be determined by the provider.
May the best price-to-service prevail!
NOW STOP DOUBLE TAXING EVERYTHING UNCLE SAM!!!!
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