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Re: hmmmmm.... said by ptrowski:said by woody7:Then they should be treated like the "telcos"  Taxed to hell..... Bingo. Time for all of the fee's and taxes. Who are you trying to punish, Comcast or the consumer? |
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| said by Rob:said by ptrowski:said by woody7:Then they should be treated like the "telcos" Taxed to hell..... Bingo. Time for all of the fee's and taxes. Who are you trying to punish, Comcast or the consumer? Comcast. Personally I would not want it to happen, but at what point does a company no longer get away saying they are not a "phone company" also?
My smaller indie voip companies get charged for it, so why is Comcast so special?
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RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
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kudos:2 | said by ptrowski:Comcast. Personally I would not want it to happen, but at what point does a company no longer get away saying they are not a "phone company" also? My smaller indie voip companies get charged for it, so why is Comcast so special? It was a rhetorical question. You would only be punishing the customers.
How can you ever advocate raising taxes?
You should be advocating lower taxes and fees on independent VOIP companies. Never advocate raising taxes to "punish" a company - it never works. |
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| said by Rob:said by ptrowski:Comcast. Personally I would not want it to happen, but at what point does a company no longer get away saying they are not a "phone company" also? My smaller indie voip companies get charged for it, so why is Comcast so special? It was a rhetorical question. You would only be punishing the customers. How can you ever advocate raising taxes? You should be advocating lower taxes and fees on independent VOIP companies. Never advocate raising taxes to "punish" a company - it never works. Lowering them as we all know will NEVER happen. Let's be real here. Once they get their hands into the potential money source the states and the feds would never let it go.
I am a realist here. I would LOVE to see them lowered. I have seen the indies protest in to no avail. They then either go out of business or pass it along.
So Comcast can get all the publicity, press releases etc bragging about it but then turn around and say "but we are different"? Come on.
Again, I don't advocate adding them, it is more of a statement saying at what point can they get away with using the "but we are not REALLY a phone company" excuse?
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you should not say anything. if comcast starts paying tax on it then it would be past down to cusomers. |
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said by ptrowski:Again, I don't advocate adding them, it is more of a statement saying at what point can they get away with using the "but we are not REALLY a phone company" excuse? Never, hopefully, because they are not a phone company. They don't own or maintain a POTS network, and I would imagine Comcast Digital Voice to Comcast Digital Voice calls never touch the PSTN. Its analogous to saying a satellite company is really a cable company, because they it also carries channels that let you watch TV. The end result may be the same, but the two are entirely different animals.
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| said by BillRoland:said by ptrowski:Again, I don't advocate adding them, it is more of a statement saying at what point can they get away with using the "but we are not REALLY a phone company" excuse? Never, hopefully, because they are not a phone company. They don't own or maintain a POTS network, and I would imagine Comcast Digital Voice to Comcast Digital Voice calls never touch the PSTN. Its analogous to saying a satellite company is really a cable company, because they it also carries channels that let you watch TV. The end result may be the same, but the two are entirely different animals. Neither does an indie voip company though so I have a hard time buying that they are different.
For the cable vs satellite comparison we are talking about the delivery of data, not really the way it is delivered.
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I suspect Comcast customers are already paying many of the same fees as other VoIP and POTS customers are. My bill (State of PA) has the Universal Connectivity Charge, Regulatory Recovery fee, and a separate charge for state sales tax on Digital Voice. What other taxes do other telco customers pay that Comcast customers don't pay? |
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