Why doesn't the gov. just charge per 911 call? Whether that is the real reason for needing to tax VoIP, I don't know, but one thing I do know is that no one wants to have to pay more on top of the bill for broadband. It's like having a car, you can do with it what you want--the government doesn't have the right to bill you for taking your car off-roading washing it. You can do with your car what you please, just how it should stay with your broadband. I use applications such as Ventrilo and Teamspeak, now if the government wants to tax me for talkin with my friends while playing games, that's just ridiculous.
But see, we can't control whether we use Steam or not for games like Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat. Valve controls this, if we want to play, we have to play by their rules.
I personally like the Steam program. Yes, it was quite buggy when it was first released, but it has been improved a lot since then.
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Why doesn't the gov. just charge per 911 call? Whether that is the real reason for needing to tax VoIP, I don't know, but one thing I do know is that no one wants to have to pay more on top of the bill for broadband. It's like having a car, you can do with it what you want--the government doesn't have the right to bill you for taking your car off-roading washing it. You can do with your car what you please, just how it should stay with your broadband. I use applications such as Ventrilo and Teamspeak, now if the government wants to tax me for talkin with my friends while playing games, that's just ridiculous.
Your language doesn't help. If you don't have something constructive to add to their project, please keep quiet.
Oh yeah... awesome job on the movie Rooster Teeth!
But see, we can't control whether we use Steam or not for games like Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat. Valve controls this, if we want to play, we have to play by their rules.
I personally like the Steam program. Yes, it was quite buggy when it was first released, but it has been improved a lot since then.