Networking News Feed 
0
Item:
£0.00
Subtotal:
The head of TalkTalk's broadband department has dubbed the government's proposed broadband tax "unjust".
According to Charles Dunstone, although the tax, which would add 50p a month to the bill of anyone with a phone line, is supposed to promote the deployment of fibre optic lead based network equipment, he fears it will actually do the opposite.
Mr Dunstone said: "This is an unjust and regressive tax on all phone customers which will subsidise mostly richer rural households that can afford high-priced super-fast broadband services."
He added that that the proposed tax goes against the government's plans to tackle the problems of digital exclusion and will actually hamper the uptake of broadband.
The scheme is likely to delay next-generation broadband roll-out in rural areas rather than hasten it," he concluded.
Recently, the Conservative Party announced that they would scrap the 50p broadband tax if they got into power at the next general election.
Last Updated: 02/11/2009 15:00
TalkTalk bosses criticises broadband tax - Networking Industry News - Article Discussion
Terms & Conditions - This tool is open to everyone. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. Comments that contain any of the following will be deleted: terms considered explicit and inappropriate; defamatory, obscene, unlawful, harmful, or offensive.
0800 488 0000
0800 488 0001