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TSM 16-06-09 07:22 PM

Internet Tax
 
I cant help but think that the internet media tax we are all being expected to pay soon is because of DRM. BT complaining due to lack of bandwidth, DRM causing issues with multicast so its mostly unicast everywhere.

zsv650 16-06-09 08:22 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
yeah yeah bad that in't it (somebody explain what tsm's on about :confused:) :D

the_lone_wolf 16-06-09 08:26 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
They're going to tax the internet in order to support an outdated and failing business model...

;)

zsv650 16-06-09 08:27 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
oh right that is bad.

Jamiebridges123 16-06-09 08:35 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
British broadband services are terrible.. in comparison to even Eastern European countries, our speeds are WAY down. And have been for some considerable amount of time.. perhaps because we take the sh*t service we're givien.

Seriously, why tax the internet.. isn't there enough taxes already?

And the internet has died in the last year or so, especially with all the "you used a song for a video of your cat. YOU ARE STEALING AND COSTING US MONEY" crap, it's dreadful...

Greed will end the internet, simple as...

And they put petrol back up to over £1/l.. and have the cheek to charge us to look at virtual pages. Oh the cheek.......

Samurai Penguin 16-06-09 08:43 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
Quote:

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least hissing.
What is the point of having super fast internet when they stop you file sharing?

ethariel 16-06-09 08:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Samurai Penguin (Post 1943725)
What is the point of having super fast internet when they stop you file sharing?

Exactly, 50 Mbit speeds and a 10 Gig or less cap, just watch!

Every time Brits get something new, we bend over and take it up the .... when it comes to pricing. As the government(s) have been doing it for years buisnesses think they can too.

Grinch 16-06-09 09:00 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
People share files? When did that happen...

jamesterror 16-06-09 09:16 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
How can they tax a service they fail to provide to a good level of quality?

Our Virgin Media is good for like 2 hours during the day, the rest its snail speed.

timwilky 16-06-09 09:26 PM

Re: Internet Tax
 
Well the tax will be on phone lines. Good, my phone is VoIP delivered across my cable internet. so no tax for me.

I do feel for those poor sods who cannot get ADSL (like me), but have no alternative provider(unlike me). Pay the tax on their phone line and no broadband


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