[IP] no comment Bush Proposes Tax on WiFi]

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Subject: 	[Dewayne-Net] Bush Proposes Tax on WiFi
Date: 	Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:47:41 -0800
From: 	Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Bill Lane.  DLH]

> From: "William Lane" <William.Lane@fcc.gov>
> Date: February 6, 2006 12:29:15 PM PST
> To: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne@dandin.com>
> 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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