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roozy

join:2004-09-30
Casper, WY

Re: It's not hard to see where landline customers are

said by aaronwt See Profile :

The telcos are at a disadvantage because of taxes. Taxes on my landline from Verizon are almost $12. If I switched to Comcast taxes would be under $2.
This is one of the reasons I'm in the process of dropping my landline and just using my cell number.
Exactly! The playing field is not level. The telcos are severly regulated and the cable companies are not... If cable and other VOIP providers had to play by the same rules as Qwest, Verizon, AT&T and other telcos, this mass movement of services would not be happening. Some of them would not be able to stay in business if they had to compete fairly.

Either tax and regulate it all, or don't!!!
permalink · 2008-10-29 11:13:59 · Print · Reply to this
viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
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Re: It's not hard to see where landline customers are

said by roozy See Profile :

said by aaronwt See Profile :

The telcos are at a disadvantage because of taxes. Taxes on my landline from Verizon are almost $12. If I switched to Comcast taxes would be under $2.
This is one of the reasons I'm in the process of dropping my landline and just using my cell number.
Exactly! The playing field is not level. The telcos are severly regulated and the cable companies are not... If cable and other VOIP providers had to play by the same rules as Qwest, Verizon, AT&T and other telcos, this mass movement of services would not be happening. Some of them would not be able to stay in business if they had to compete fairly.

Either tax and regulate it all, or don't!!!
QFT!
permalink · 2008-10-29 11:20:39 · Print · Reply to this
rahvin112

join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT

 That isn't an either or.

The taxes will come to the VOIP and cable phone. It's inevitable. Most of those phone taxes are local and go directly to the state or municipality you live in. As a result for those taxes to go down or away the system would have to reallocate the tax burden and your property or sales tax or both will have to go up. I doubt that will happen so expect those local phone taxes to show up the cable and VOIP bills. Either that or fire half your police force or DOT.
permalink · 2008-10-29 14:57:33 · Reply to this
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