gabriel rosenkoetter on Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:50:30 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] (OT) DSL and Taxes


On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 05:51:04PM -0500, William H. Magill wrote:
> The Fedral tax also seems wrong, if there even is any.

Sure *seems* wrong, but it is the law. That was, originally, to
cover subsidizing Ma Bell to build the national (then, analog) telco
network, a significant economic layout. We're digital now, the
reforming Bell's are charging us as if they're still using an analog
network (with its extremely high upkeep and install costs) when
they're actually using a digital (with its extremely low upkeep
and install costs) network, and that tax has never been repealed.

If memory serves, of course.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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