New UK Wireless Network Tax May Hamper Internet Rollout 66
Mark.JUK writes "The Valuation Office Agency (VOA), which compiles and maintains business rating and council tax valuation lists for England and Wales, is reportedly getting ready to impose business rates (tax) upon UK wireless networks regardless of their status. The move has raised concern because many community driven wireless broadband (Wi-Fi , WiMAX) ISPs, which often exist in locations where the big players have failed to deliver adequate services (remote and rural areas), operate off some already very thin margins."
Re:Funny thing about those margins (Score:2, Funny)
No, it's more like a car and the ISPs are the air pressure in the tire. As long as the tax lets out the same air pressure on all tires everything is ok, until they go flat and then the economy (the car body) can't move forward no matter how much gas (stimulus) you add to the tank (the bank accounts of politicians).
A Solution!! (Score:3, Funny)
Later in the original article, they call this a "Wireless Window Tax*" so the solution's simple - just switch to Linux!
L3K
*Yeah, yeah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax [wikipedia.org]