While we're at it why not charge taxes for having security bolted on too....I'm waiting for my Internet EZ-Pass to come in the mail to mount on my cable modem :-O
I'm wondering where they come up with these schemes...I didn't see any mention of tax breaks to encourage the roll out. Just more charges. Jerry On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > How about just mandating that it's illegal to build anything but fiber/gpon > for services. If something fails, it needs to be replaced with modern > technology. > > I know here they replaced copper cable in the middle of the winter last > year, it would have made more sense to just use the conduit they were > replacing and put fiber in. > > But the fiber union guys != copper union guys so that is harder to do. > > Oh well, stuck in the 70's with my ISDN. > > - Jared > > On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Jerry Dixon wrote: > > > If you can make it they can tax it :/ > > > > Article in today's Wall Street Journal: > > > > "WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are considering whether the government > > should take greater control of the Internet and ask consumers to pay > higher > > phone charges in order to provide all Americans with cheaper access to > > broadband Internet service. > > > > The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will lay out the case for > > expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to > making > > it widely available. The agency is considering whether to force Internet > > providers to share their networks with rivals and raise fees charged on > > consumer phone bills to pay for the broader access." > > > > Schatz, A. *Feds mull rules, fees to spur net access - WSJ.com.* > Retrieved > > 11/18/2009, 2009, from > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850641299752981.html > > > > -Jerry > > -- > > je...@jdixon.com > > -- je...@jdixon.com (443) 295-3779
