Monday, Jul 19, 2010
Deflation?
Bbc: BT to raise call charges by 10%
Telecoms giant BT has said it will increase call charges by 10% and its monthly line rental by 50p from the beginning of October.
Funny that 50p figure considering that amount was going to be broadband tax, which i understand they decided to stop.
Posted by mark @ 09:35 AM (726 views) Add Comment
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1. little professor said...
Yep, very convenient. This is from less than a month ago:
Budget 2010: broadband tax on telephone lines scrapped
George Osborne confirms in budget that TV licence fee will fund expansion of broadband coverage, at expense of landline levy
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Fibre optic technology Private broadband coverage has been encouraged in George Osborne's debut budget. Photograph: Corbis
The coalition government has dropped Labour plans to introduce a controversial 50p-a-month levy on phone lines to pay for the rollout of superfast broadband, opting instead to use TV licence fee money to improve coverage in rural areas.
As widely expected, chancellor George Osborne announced that the previous administration's plans for a telephone tax, designed to raise up to £175m a year, will be scrapped.
"We need investment in our digital infrastructure," Osborne said in his budget speech. "But the previous government's landline duty is an archaic way of achieving this, hitting 30 million households who happen to have a fixed telephone line. I am happy to be able to abolish this new duty before it is even introduced."
2. tom101 said...
Every little aspect of life is going to be like this now. It's going to be a mission to preserve any savings you have.
3. Crunchy said...
"Hyperinflation food shortages."
Recaptcha - 'restocks The' Don't eat those berries, Jerry! :(
What happened to the the internet kill switch then. Don't miss the next episode folks!
4. alan said...
You can be assured that it hasn't found its way to the staff.
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