Policy News

Jerry Dixon jerry at jdixon.com
Wed Nov 18 14:39:48 UTC 2009


If you can make it they can tax it :/

Article in today's Wall Street Journal:

"WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are considering whether the government
should take greater control of the Internet and ask consumers to pay higher
phone charges in order to provide all Americans with cheaper access to
broadband Internet service.

The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will lay out the case for
expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to making
it widely available. The agency is considering whether to force Internet
providers to share their networks with rivals and raise fees charged on
consumer phone bills to pay for the broader access."

Schatz, A. *Feds mull rules, fees to spur net access - WSJ.com.* Retrieved
11/18/2009, 2009, from
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850641299752981.html

-Jerry
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