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Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:19 am
by steve56
Just read about this it sounds stupid and ridicilous
Re: Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:59 am
by number 6
Where did you read this?
Re: Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:04 am
by Peter
Wouldn't be so bad if it was ringfenced and used purely to update the infrastructure, but like the road fund licence, it'll just become part of general taxation, and those who pay will see no direct return from it.
Re: Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:18 am
by spider
Why should the government have to collect tax to pay for updating the infrastructure ?
I thought that was why telephone providers (e.g. Post Office Telephones) were privatised and removed from government interference.
My understanding was that "the Market" could run things better than the Public Sector.
If they are now saying that "the Market" cannot afford to update the infrastructure may be it's time to start thinking about Nationalising the industry again!
Re: Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:39 am
by RoddersUK
!cool!
It aint about infrastructure. It is a tax, pure and fucking simple that they can introduce as they know that they will not have to administer it for at least 5 years, 10 if we are really unlucky. One thing is for certain, fucking Saviour Dave of the fucking Tories won't cancel it will he, eh? I mean to say, it would help him to balance the books, what?
Mind you, the report mentioned phone lines. What about us who have fibreoptic cable from ISP's such as Virgin Media? Will we be exempt?
I have the despised BT copper cable phone line for my company use for broadband and phone. So, I don't give a fucking stuff for that as my company will be paying that one, and will just pass it on to our clients premiums.
Re: Broadband Tax
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:32 pm
by Peter
spider wrote:
> Why should the government have to collect tax to pay for
> updating the infrastructure ?
I'm not sure on the economic realities of updating the whole country, but if the government are claiming everyone should have access to broadband, the companies are a liberty to say "we're happy with the system we've got. You want more, you pay for it!"
As I said, *if* it was going to be used only for updating broadband, so that we could have most major areas saturated (Talin in Estonia is basically one huge, free wifi hotspot) Then it could possibly be justified.
But it'll just be spent on the workshy instead.