Friday, April 10, 2015

If you like your internet bill, you can keep your internet bill...... NOT!!---FCC's net neutrality rules open door to new fee on Internet service

FCC's net neutrality rules open door to new fee on Internet service - LA Times: "
Recently adopted net neutrality regulations soon could make your monthly Internet bill more complicated — and potentially more expensive.
Every month, consumers pay a small fee on their phone bills for a federal program that uses the money — a total of $8.8 billion raised nationwide last year — to provide affordable access to telecommunications services in rural areas, underserved inner cities and schools.
Now the fee could start appearing on broadband bills too, in a major expansion of the nearly two-decade-old Universal Service Fund program.
..."The federal government is sure to tap this new revenue stream soon to spend more of consumers' hard-earned dollars," warned Ajit Pai, a Republican on the FCC.
"So when it comes to broadband, read my lips: More new taxes are coming. It's just a matter of when."

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