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FCC Chief Wants VoIP Users to Pay The Hefty Fees Other People Pay

Filed in archive Industry News by robyn on December 15, 2005

Just when you thought there was one sure way to avoid those ridiculous taxes landline users pay, this news comes out of nowhere:


The policy at issue is the thorny question of which phone service providers are forcedlinks to contribute to the Universal Service Fund, a multibillion-dollar pool of money that's used to subsidize telecommunications services in rural and other high-cost areas, schools and libraries. The mammoth fund--$4.7 billion was distributed during the first nine months of this year--has been beset by charges of mismanagement and fraud during its seven-year history.



I guess they see the impact VoIP technology is having on the bottom-line of traditional phone companies' balance sheets. The writing is on the wall...






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