Negative Sun Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Clicky Seriously, these guys are on crack! What is this world coming to if this gets through? We already have to pay tax on everything else we buy/use/breathe/etc. now they're seriously considering this? Of course the British government will hop on that bandwagon, anything to suck up to the big American companies and leave your own people out to dry...I'm sure Gordon Brown is just Tony Blair is disguise really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yeah, I especially liked the part about how they calculated that they could raise 2x as much in revenues as the industry is apparently worth. It's bad enough that HRC and others are pushing for an internet tax, but to add a "protectionist levy" as well is pathetic. Unfortunately, depending upon how onerous it is, it could end up happening anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 if those guys do that, then the number of bootleg ISPs(particularly satellite) will take off. It would be disastrous for the leading ISPs atm However, a taxation levy/incentive on Internet services that results in everyone getting free internet isnt a bad idea at all IMO... They have a similar thing here with health insurance and various environmental pincentives/initiatives mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Can you imagine how slow it would be? Everytime the flicking internet lags I feel like going out and kill some puppies or something. A huge population with laggy internet would mean superb raise in murder rates and desu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_man Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I read somewhere that advertising companies would use cameras behind billboards to recognise eyes to find out how many people look at them, and eventually, charging them for LOOKING AT A BILLBOARD!! What is this world coming to, with all the taxes and crap?! My rant for the day. Can you imagine how slow it would be? Everytime the flicking internet lags I feel like going out and kill some puppies or something. A huge population with laggy internet would mean superb raise in murder rates and desu. Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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