new internet tax
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so is this for people with phone lines from virgin media aswell or just a bt thing?
why cant the companies pay for upgrades via profits? if they arent posting a profit let them die some saudi billionaire or someone will spot a monopoly if BT die and start a new company
why cant the companies pay for upgrades via profits? if they arent posting a profit let them die some saudi billionaire or someone will spot a monopoly if BT die and start a new company
You mean like a standing charge?
I don't think this will happen. Although I think the current system where a lot of people have free internet is ridiculous. I think £20-£30 a month for the average family is reasonable and higher users should be prepared to pay £40-£50 a month (I'm talking 150Gig plus users).
No, a mate bought some land in Bridgnorth and had a house built
but there was no gas and electricity line there from the road so he had to pay for both lines to the house.
I dont know if you still have to pay now?
Want at least 100mb optical connection. If they are going to spend a lot of money on it at least do it properly. Otherwise by the time they are finished we will be back to square one, and a lot of other countries will still be ahead of us, and others will leap-frog us.
My copper line sux and cant sustain more the 4 or 5mb (pay for 8mb), I also live on the wrong side of the street for cable. Internet connections suck in the UK.
My copper line sux and cant sustain more the 4 or 5mb (pay for 8mb), I also live on the wrong side of the street for cable. Internet connections suck in the UK.
Who paid for the gas and electric to be brought to the road?
Yes we do but it's hidden. Since privatisation most companies have got rid of the standing charge and instead put up their unit prices to compensate. DYOC if we're better or worse off...
I think we have crossed lines mate..the gas/elec companys paid for the
lines in the road. But because there was no gas/elec lines to the house from
the road. He had to pay both companies to do it.
His house was 150mtr from the road in a field.
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Looking at this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8102756.stm
The part that says "the tax will mean that 90% of the UK will be able to benefit from broadband of up to 50Mbps by 2017."
Is that not aiming a bit too low?
In this article from 2001 it says 7% of households had broadband, meaning the majority still had dialup. If we assume most people have an average of 10Mbps broadband now that's a ~180x increase of speed (ok, I plucked the figure from the air but 10Mbps is middle of the road). By aiming for a 5x increase in speed over the next 8 years I really think the government is underestimating how internet use will grow, who knows what we'll be using the internet for in 8 years time but to me 50Mbps doesn't sound like it'll be enough.
The part that says "the tax will mean that 90% of the UK will be able to benefit from broadband of up to 50Mbps by 2017."
Is that not aiming a bit too low?
In this article from 2001 it says 7% of households had broadband, meaning the majority still had dialup. If we assume most people have an average of 10Mbps broadband now that's a ~180x increase of speed (ok, I plucked the figure from the air but 10Mbps is middle of the road). By aiming for a 5x increase in speed over the next 8 years I really think the government is underestimating how internet use will grow, who knows what we'll be using the internet for in 8 years time but to me 50Mbps doesn't sound like it'll be enough.
) because i had to format C And DL Loads of windows updates again.In the article I find this part very hard to believe "Currently Britain stands at about seventh in global broadband league tables, below nations such as Korea, Japan, Sweden and Norway.". We can't even get 2mbps where my parents live (admittedly rural village)!
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I have a feeling the virgin marketing team are going to have a field day with this and see their customer base increase a fair bit just because of this tax.
I can get virgin, I wont be taxed and erm 2mb? how about putting a 0 on the end of it for my UP SPEED.
and when virgins 50mb service comes - I'll get that too. So when everyone is paying their phone line + isp + broadband tax (lol) for their "next gen broadband" (good old gordon) I will pay for my 50mb line. Heck I may even subscribe to a news server with the £6 a month I save and spend the change on a mc donalds. I'll even post pictures.
I can get virgin, I wont be taxed and erm 2mb? how about putting a 0 on the end of it for my UP SPEED.
and when virgins 50mb service comes - I'll get that too. So when everyone is paying their phone line + isp + broadband tax (lol) for their "next gen broadband" (good old gordon) I will pay for my 50mb line. Heck I may even subscribe to a news server with the £6 a month I save and spend the change on a mc donalds. I'll even post pictures.
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lol I have many swedish friends and a lot of them have 20mb up and down - I havent met one swedish person with a bad connection.
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I don't pay for any service so that others can benefit, I pay so that I can benefit from it. This £6 a year will be £12, £24, £48 within a few years, you tell me how I would benefit from this tax?
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I dont see why they would raise it? if anything - make the isp's invest a minimum amount each year to improving the network. oh wait - arent we taxing the isps already to do that?