Patterico's Pontifications

4/10/2015

Net Neutrality = More Taxes

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 7:25 am



Oh, sorry . . . “fees.” L.A. 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.

Wait: putting government in control of something means more pointless payouts? I don’t understand.

8 Responses to “Net Neutrality = More Taxes”

  1. #Unexpectedly!

    redc1c4 (dab236)

  2. and why do we even have a “Universal Service Fund”?

    where are all these “under-served” areas after 20 years of governmental “help”?

    redc1c4 (dab236)

  3. DUH!

    Obama will find out about these unexpected outcomes by perusing media reports.

    Bugg (aace18)

  4. I wonder what all those fans of the FCC taking over the internet because of Net Neutrality will think now?

    Tanny O'Haley (c674c7)

  5. Are you suggesting that the federal government getting involved through regulations might lead to increased costs?

    Inconceivable!

    malclave (4f3ec1)

  6. foodstampband?

    happyfeet (831175)

  7. UNEXPECTEDLY!

    mojo (a3d457)


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