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S_engineer

join:2007-05-16
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reply to bogey780
Re: No Wonder We're Not Tops

Cable companies pay local municipal franchise taxes, ATT knew this going into the game so they changed the way the game was being played (via lobbiests). Voip, is a relatively new technology that at first, people thought its applications would be limited, and then were proved wrong. Don't worry about voip...the taxman cometh!

Now I hate cablecos like the next guy, but at least they attempt to move forward. ATT moves forward not through technological advancements, but through legislative briberys.
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bogey780

join:2004-03-19
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'Cable companies pay local municipal franchise taxes'

And AT&T pays federal taxes. The gov't has decided to let cable not be a "telephone service" while claiming that U-Verse is a cable service.

'ATT moves forward not through technological advancements, but through legislative briberys.'

So how many legislators did they bribe to create wireless ethernet, radio astronomy, transistors, and Unix?
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