youngmoore
join:2001-03-16
Marietta, GA | reply to Camelot One
Re: True government
my ISP isn't taxing me.
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oliphant5
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join:2003-05-24
Corona, CA | Your ISP isn't but the state certainly is. Take a look at the taxes you pay for the line your xDSL runs on. |
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nodis
join:2001-12-20
San Jose, CA
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actually, your isp probably is taxing you. in my case, i have dsl from earthlink and they collect $1 or so every month for the universal service fund (USF). this just started.
on the same copper pair that my earthlink dsl runs on, i have phone service from sbc, which, in turn, collects the usual slew of taxes on PSTN plus another USF levy. whee.
if vonage or other voip carriers start to collect taxes for using voip phone service on the dsl link, i will, effectively, be paying taxes/usf levies THREE times for service over a single copper pair.
i really hope the fcc steps in and rationalizes this mess. states and localities have to raise money somehow, as does the usf, but i'd really like to pay the fees only once. someone needs to figure out what layer of service (POTS, DSL, or IP service like VoIP running on the DSL link) will be taxed. |
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youngmoore
join:2001-03-16
Marietta, GA | yup I heard about that. Its not required so I have no idea why they started doing that. The only time you see taxes on BB for DSL is with ILEC's for some reason.
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