France Demands Skype Register As a Telco

jfruh writes "Skype made a name for itself by largely bypassing the infrastucture — and the costs, and the regulations — of the legacy telecommunications industry. But now the French telecom regulator wants to change that, at least in France. At issue is not the service's VoIP offering, but rather the Skype Out service that allows users to dial phones on traditional networks. Regulators say that this service necessitates that Skype face the same regulations as other telecoms."

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Re:Then Leave

[geekoid]

"France taxes the crap out of its citizens so we should have seen this coming."
which has nothing to do with this issue.

But hay, just jump on your ignorant bandwagon and toot the crazy horn.

France's person income tax is 0% to 75%..not just 75%. and with Bouclier Fiscal I don't think very many people, if any, pay 75% since it needs to be 1.2million pr more with 2 adults. Not only to the France have a different word for everything, they also have a different tax system.

Perspective:
If you were a family of 2 adults and 3 children making 100,000 Euros you tax rate would be 14%

France taxes, in the real world, are on par, and sometime less then the US taxes..and they have more services.

And of cours,e saying ;'high taxes' is pretty meaningless.
What are the service you get? whats the VALUE overall