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| Carbi is a hater. :) The broadband penetration level in Europe has nothing to do with taxes, and a whole lot more with competition. France, as an example, has forced (i.e. the regulatory body) players to unbundle the last mile and competition appeared. Bottom line, in most European countries (maybe all, don't know them all), it's good old fashioned capitalistic competition that made broadband cheaper and more available. In the states, we're stuck with a monopoly/duopoly depending on where you live and that's limiting growth.
As for VAT, the end result is exactly the same as sales tax, it's paid by the end user. | |
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Whittier, AK | It is a combination of taxes and government regulation, both of which most americans do not like very much. Now the conversation needs to be, is greater penetration worth having higher taxes and government regulation?
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Hingham, MA | reply to dumb sob
Though there's a trade-off between this and speed- in Europe, most of these connections are DSL, as it states in the article. Now, this is a huge advantage for densely populated areas, where there are more COs (helps to negate that pesky distance thing), for one. But also note that I believe a majority of US connections are via cable, which is a faster medium.
VAT tends to be higher than most sales taxes, however... and really all taxes on corporations are paid by the end user. (Who else is supposed to pay for them? The end user is their source of income) | |
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