Those Oxbridge boffs have hit on another spiffing wheeze to extract more money out of the unwary. There is a suggestion that
Every Briton with a fixed line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8102756.stm
Why? I have installed and run broadband internet access in my house and have been paying handsomely for it. I have been doing that for many years now. Even when I travel I leave it all switched on, the service that is, not my computers. so, I am hardly a drain on the system.
I am an exception and I don't want to pay even if it is only 50 pence a month.
I was considering taking my broadband mobile anyway and if that's free of this poxy tax then that's what I'll do.
One more thing: this is going to be managed by the government so it won't work will it? Their track record on IT systems is wanton so it will start at 50 pence a month and then it will soon get to £5 a month ... and will be overseen by a Politician who has even managed to dodge paying Stamp Duty on his own house such are the rules that he has managed to manipulate in his favour.
DW
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