Re: [WISPA] Assembly Bill 892 and Senate Bill 483, AKA Broadband Deployment Act
Providers would have to make about $150 million in equipment investments in order to collect the full amount of the credit. What good is that. I'm not sure anyone other than the ILEC or Comcast would qualify for that one. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Dawn DiPietro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:15 AM Subject: [WISPA] Assembly Bill 892 and Senate Bill 483,AKA Broadband Deployment Act All, Who are they targeting for this tax incentive? As quoted from the article: To be eligible for the credits, Internet access providers would be required to make an investment that is reasonably calculated by the Department of Commerce to increase broadband Internet availability in areas of the state not served by an Internet access provider. Communications providers that deploy broadband services in underserved communities would receive a state sales and use-tax exemption of up to 5.5 percent for three years, or 16.5 percent overall. Providers would have to make about $150 million in equipment investments in order to collect the full amount of the credit. Full Article link below; http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2904 Regards, Dawn DiPietro --- --- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Assembly Bill 892 and Senate Bill 483, AKA Broadband Deployment Act
Tom, Exactly! Regards, Dawn DiPietro Tom DeReggi wrote: Providers would have to make about $150 million in equipment investments in order to collect the full amount of the credit. What good is that. I'm not sure anyone other than the ILEC or Comcast would qualify for that one. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Dawn DiPietro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:15 AM Subject: [WISPA] Assembly Bill 892 and Senate Bill 483,AKA Broadband Deployment Act All, Who are they targeting for this tax incentive? As quoted from the article: To be eligible for the credits, Internet access providers would be required to make an investment that is reasonably calculated by the Department of Commerce to increase broadband Internet availability in areas of the state not served by an Internet access provider. Communications providers that deploy broadband services in underserved communities would receive a state sales and use-tax exemption of up to 5.5 percent for three years, or 16.5 percent overall. Providers would have to make about $150 million in equipment investments in order to collect the full amount of the credit. Full Article link below; http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=2904 Regards, Dawn DiPietro --- --- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ --- --- -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
