http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/is-a-temporary-moratorium-on-internet-taxes-better-for-keeping-pace-with-new-technologies/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:54:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/is-a-temporary-moratorium-on-internet-taxes-better-for-keeping-pace-with-new-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-48013 Roger Osburne Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:45:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/is-a-temporary-moratorium-on-internet-taxes-better-for-keeping-pace-with-new-technologies/#comment-48013 We need to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and open high speed internet. It is crucial for economic growth especially in the underserved rural and urban areas. We need a National policy that supports this while providing consumer and worker protections. "A reasonable national goal would be 10 megabits per second download speeds and 1 megabits per second upload speeds by 2010 - enough to insure a decent amount of capacity." Investment could be stimulated through tax incentives, universal service fund reform, and leveraging public monies.<br>The Communications Workers Of America are at work on this with our Speed Matters campaign.<br>Check out our website at <a href="http://www.speedmatters.org">www.speedmatters.org</a> We need to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and open high speed internet. It is crucial for economic growth especially in the underserved rural and urban areas. We need a National policy that supports this while providing consumer and worker protections. “A reasonable national goal would be 10 megabits per second download speeds and 1 megabits per second upload speeds by 2010 – enough to insure a decent amount of capacity.” Investment could be stimulated through tax incentives, universal service fund reform, and leveraging public monies.
The Communications Workers Of America are at work on this with our Speed Matters campaign.
Check out our website at http://www.speedmatters.org

]]> http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/is-a-temporary-moratorium-on-internet-taxes-better-for-keeping-pace-with-new-technologies/comment-page-1/#comment-39571 Roger Osburne Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:45:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/10/18/is-a-temporary-moratorium-on-internet-taxes-better-for-keeping-pace-with-new-technologies/#comment-39571 We need to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and open high speed internet. It is crucial for economic growth especially in the underserved rural and urban areas. We need a National policy that supports this while providing consumer and worker protections. "A reasonable national goal would be 10 megabits per second download speeds and 1 megabits per second upload speeds by 2010 - enough to insure a decent amount of capacity." Investment could be stimulated through tax incentives, universal service fund reform, and leveraging public monies. The Communications Workers Of America are at work on this with our Speed Matters campaign. Check out our website at www.speedmatters.org We need to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and open high speed internet. It is crucial for economic growth especially in the underserved rural and urban areas. We need a National policy that supports this while providing consumer and worker protections. “A reasonable national goal would be 10 megabits per second download speeds and 1 megabits per second upload speeds by 2010 – enough to insure a decent amount of capacity.” Investment could be stimulated through tax incentives, universal service fund reform, and leveraging public monies.
The Communications Workers Of America are at work on this with our Speed Matters campaign.
Check out our website at http://www.speedmatters.org

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