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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Bush Proposes Tax on WiFi
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:47:41 -0800
From: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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[Note: This item comes from reader Bill Lane. DLH]
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Date: February 6, 2006 12:29:15 PM PST
To: "Dewayne Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FW: Bush Proposes Tax on WiFi
Dewayne
Here's one for you --- forwarded without comment! From RCR News.
WDL
Bush proposes tax on Wi-Fi, unlicensed spectrum
By Jeffrey Silva
Feb 6, 2006
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.
It's unclear whether the "user fee" tax would be paid by equipment
vendors or end users.
"Spectrum assignment policy has not kept pace with the changing
market. Service providers using different technologies to deliver a
similar product can face different spectrum license acquisition
costs," the budget stated. "The lack of parity in spectrum
assignment creates incentives that can diminish the overall utility
of the spectrum."
Bush's $2.77 trillion spending package proposes $302 million for
the FCC in fiscal 2007. Most of the agency's budget would be
underwritten by regulatory fees.
Bush again called for the elimination of the Telecommunications
Development Fund, describing it as "a poorly performing venture
capital enterprise financed by interest earned on spectrum
auctions." The TDF was included in the 1996 telecom act, whose ten
year anniversary is Wednesday.
<http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25545>
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