Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Bush broadband plan: Tax Wi-Fi
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Harold Feld says, STOP THE WI-FI TAX RUMOR! He says, "Freaking trade press should know better, or at least learn to read more carefully . . . [the story is] "bluntly, a misreading of the plain language of the President's budget proposal." More here.
RCR Wireless News reports
Hallelujah! This must be the Bush "affordable broadband for all Americans by 2007" policy we've all been waiting for!
[Thanks to Bill Lane on Dewayne-Net Technology List for pointing this out.]
WASHINGTON-President Bush, facing a huge budget deficit, today proposed squeezing more money from the nation's airwaves by supporting legislative changes that would allow the Federal Communications Commission to set "user fees" on "un-auctioned" radio spectrum.
The proposal, contained in the president's 2007 budget plan and projected to raise $3.6 billion during the decade, is believed to be aimed at unlicensed frequencies used for Wi-Fi and other applications.
[Thanks to Bill Lane on Dewayne-Net Technology List for pointing this out.]
Technorati Tags: Broadband, Bushco, F2C, Internet, Regulatorium, Stupidity, WiFi, WirelessNetworks
Comments:
i cant believe he wants to eliminate the Telecommunications Development Fund. isenberg you have to do something about this. you are the man to do it. either that or we go back to using carrier pigeons.
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: 2/07/2006 4:26 AM
: 2/07/2006 4:26 AM
David
Takes me back to the encounters with Public "Service" Commission / Bellco concerns with Telecommunications Inc. desire to string fiber in the Greater Lansing (Mich) area.
"If somebody might make money on it, we have to tax it"
But I wonder with wi-fi what the enforcement mechanism will be?
Toll on the wifi in my house?
Broadcast use of spectrum doesn't seem to pattern from high power, limited number of broadcasters (nodes?) to low power, very high number of nodes.
Keep up the good work(s)
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Takes me back to the encounters with Public "Service" Commission / Bellco concerns with Telecommunications Inc. desire to string fiber in the Greater Lansing (Mich) area.
"If somebody might make money on it, we have to tax it"
But I wonder with wi-fi what the enforcement mechanism will be?
Toll on the wifi in my house?
Broadcast use of spectrum doesn't seem to pattern from high power, limited number of broadcasters (nodes?) to low power, very high number of nodes.
Keep up the good work(s)
