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threppence Junior Member Offline Posts: 141 Leeds Gender: Drives: omega elite not anymore I don't	Internet tax-wtf 09. Dec 2009 at 15:44 I'm speechless !!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8403273.stm
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Pete. Omega King Offline Makes Driving Pleasurable Again . Posts: 10449 Nr J28 of the M1 Gender: Drives: Black 02 Omega DTi. Black 56 Monaro VXR. Red 97 Rover 114 SLi.	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #1 - 09. Dec 2009 at 15:48 Once ALL homes have "super fast broadband" will the tax stop?????????
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #2 - 09. Dec 2009 at 15:48 £6 a month i would be angry, but not £6 a year.....
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threppence Junior Member Offline Posts: 141 Leeds Gender: Drives: omega elite not anymore I don't	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #3 - 09. Dec 2009 at 16:01 I thought that it was private companies and not the govt that installed cable etc and then charged a subscription fee for access. Am I wrong??
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Kevin Wood Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Posts: 20377 Alton, Hampshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 MV6 (LPG), Westfield	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #4 - 09. Dec 2009 at 16:09 Scrappage scheme for your "household boiler" too. Should promote some interesting debate. Kevin
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Re: Internet tax-wtf
Reply #5 - 09. Dec 2009 at 16:28

This "stealth tax" is in my humble opinion, nothing to do with rolling out BB to rural areas.

Rather its to pay for parts of the much more scary and relatively unknown project requiring the retention by Internet Service Providers of details of who I send my emails to and when. Also the websites I visit, texts I send, phonecalls, VOIP... and anything else that they care to retain as well that may be outside the scope of the project but is planned for a future upgrade. Government will be able to access this remotely, without me knowing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm

Orwellian or what? Undecided

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Re: Internet tax-wtf
Reply #6 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:04

Radiomarko wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 16:28:

This "stealth tax" is in my humble opinion, nothing to do with rolling out BB to rural areas.

Rather its to pay for parts of the much more scary and relatively unknown project requiring the retention by Internet Service Providers of details of who I send my emails to and when. Also the websites I visit, texts I send, phonecalls, VOIP... and anything else that they care to retain as well that may be outside the scope of the project but is planned for a future upgrade. Government will be able to access this remotely, without me knowing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm

Orwellian or what? Undecided

My daughter is doing 1984 as set text for english.Having read the book many years ago and re-read now it's quite chilling to be able to equate alot of Orwells masterpeice with current events

Endless war, big brother, slavery is freedom, thought crimes and newspeak.
Quite a visionary

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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #7 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:44 Kevin Wood wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 16:09: Scrappage scheme for your "household boiler" too. Should promote some interesting debate. Kevin My one does the washing and ironing as well as making my work lunch pieces too..... Any of these new fangled models come complete with that attachment??
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Re: Internet tax-wtf
Reply #8 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:46

threppence wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 17:04:

Radiomarko wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 16:28:

This "stealth tax" is in my humble opinion, nothing to do with rolling out BB to rural areas.

Rather its to pay for parts of the much more scary and relatively unknown project requiring the retention by Internet Service Providers of details of who I send my emails to and when. Also the websites I visit, texts I send, phonecalls, VOIP... and anything else that they care to retain as well that may be outside the scope of the project but is planned for a future upgrade. Government will be able to access this remotely, without me knowing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm

Orwellian or what? Undecided

My daughter is doing 1984 as set text for english.Having read the book many years ago and re-read now it's quite chilling to be able to equate alot of Orwells masterpeice with current events

Endless war, big brother, slavery is freedom, thought crimes and newspeak.
Quite a visionary

So did I, 40 years ago!!! Grin

Suppose whats goes around comes around, in more ways than one.... Roll Eyes

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rob in gib Senior Member Offline Posts: 529 Gibraltar Gender: Drives: 2.6 saloon (02) auto + (95) toyota 4runner	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #9 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:52 wtf sounds like another stealth tax to me makes me mad and i dont pay uk taxes
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #10 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:52 hotel21 wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 17:46: ..... So did I, 40 years ago!!! Suppose whats goes around comes around, in more ways than one.... And me! It wasn't quite that long back for me, but 1984 was still in the future at the time!
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MickAP Omega Knight Offline Facelift 2.5TD Estate "Chipped" not anymore Posts: 1592 South Derbyshire Gender: Drives: Facelift TD estate but soon to be a 1.9 ???	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #11 - 09. Dec 2009 at 17:58 And what do they define as a landline? I've got cable telephone, which comes free with my package. Mick
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Reply #12 - 09. Dec 2009 at 19:45

tunnie wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 15:48:

£6 a month i would be angry, but not £6 a year.....

That is exactly the sort of attitude that brought us things like "safety" camera's, CRB checks (which mean f**k all), and a whole host of other crap that most of the populace readily accept these days (although it wouldn't have been tolerated 20 years ago).

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Re: Internet tax-wtf
Reply #13 - 09. Dec 2009 at 19:57

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tunnie wrote on 09. Dec 2009 at 15:48:

£6 a month i would be angry, but not £6 a year.....

That is exactly the sort of attitude that brought us things like "safety" camera's, CRB checks (which mean f**k all), and a whole host of other crap that most of the populace readily accept these days (although it wouldn't have been tolerated 20 years ago).

then it will rise again and again and again. just like petrol does. the taxman knows people cant live without broadband and cant do feck all about it.

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jereboam Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1675 Suffolk Gender: Drives: BLACK 1999 3.0 Elite	Re: Internet tax-wtf Reply #14 - 09. Dec 2009 at 20:02 Just two questions: What do they mean by "superfast"? Which 90% of the UK population?
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