FCC Approves New Internet Phone Taxes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday June 24, 2006 @05:01AM from the always-a-new-tax-never-a-missing-tax dept.

basotl writes to tell us CNet is reporting that the FCC has approved a new round of taxes for internet phone service. Some 4 million users could receive this nasty little surprise as early as their next monthly bill. From the article: "The VoIP industry wasn't alone in questioning the FCC's move. In a letter sent last week to commissioners, attorneys for the U.S. Small Business Administration urged the agency to postpone its action until it had done a thorough analysis of the economic effect on smaller providers."

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Re:RTFA: the cure for knee-jerk by Fatal67 · 2006-06-24 05:59 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Now, don't go confusing the issue with facts. This is Slashdot.

If the people who actually build the infrastructure have to pay a tax on a service they offer, why shoudn't the other people who use that same infrastructure for the same service have to pay? It's about a level playing field.

Go Go Net Neutrality! Treat every service the same no matter who it is provided by is what Slashdot has been preaching, isn't it? Oh, or should that only apply when it does not cost the end users money?