Broadband Tax

1:04 pm Random

They have announced that we will be getting our broadband tax over here in the UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/23/broadband-tax-election
Which is great, so my 85 year old blind Gran will be paying extra for another of her essential services  for no conceivable gain.  She’ll be well pleased.

I should be for the tax as I live in an (semi rural) area with a poor Broadband connection and this tax is supposed to improve it. I just know that it won’t!

2 Responses

  1. Darryl Coleman Says:

    Thanks for posting the article, was certainly a great read!

  2. Probably Random » Blog Archive » How to fix rural broadband Says:

    [...] that the Finns know how to fix rural broadband speeds! Instead of taxing everyone to pay for it, which I’m not a fan of, they just legislate so that it is a Right for everyone in the country to have fast internet [...]

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