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U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites? -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jun 11 '12, 05:40

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If its proposal is adopted, it would spell an end to the Internet's long-standing, successful design based on unmetered "peered" traffic, and effectively tax content providers to reach non-U.S. Internet users. (news.cnet.com)

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It's hard to figure out what's going on in that article, but that's not a tax. - Roger More Jun 11, 06:41 2
- yeah, implement a "system access fee" like they did to use when cell towers started going up (and have managed to keep is going 20 years later) -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:45 1
  - ugh. use=us and is=it -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:45
But they haven't implemented the email tax yet! -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:28 1
- Actually, that was reading so much like an Onion article that I had to stop after a few paragraphs. -- nm - zork Jun 11, 06:33
that's a *fantastic* idea - znufrii Jun 11, 06:26
cause the UN needs another reason for people to hate them. -- nm - Beaker Jun 11, 05:50

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