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Posted by David Littlewood on January 21, 2010, 9:28 am
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>> Anyone seen this
>> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/scrap50pphonetax/
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>> Apparently The Gorgon and Darling recon to fill the coffers a little
>> by an arbitrary £26 pa tax on having a phone line! Presumably
>> sponsored by the mobile companies, or maybe they will be next.
>>
>> Richard
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>I oppose it and will sign the petition, but it's actually not arbitrary
>as such. IIUC it's hypothecated to provide the finance to drive the
>installation of the fibre optic infrastructure needed to implement
>superfast broadband into most homes
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>Personally I think that, since it's the ISPs who'll no doubt charge us
>a considerable premium for such a service, they should pay for the
>infrastructure provision.
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>Guy
If this is correct, it would be outrageous* to charge phone line
customers - this would mean pensioners with no internet connection would
be paying. The cost should be recovered only from those who use it.
*But of course, since when did that stop bloody politicians?....
David
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> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/scrap50pphonetax/
>
> Apparently The Gorgon and Darling recon to fill the coffers a little
> by an arbitrary £26 pa tax on having a phone line! Presumably
> sponsored by the mobile companies, or maybe they will be next.
>
> Richard
>