Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy"
Is it April 1st already? :-) - ferg -- Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote: .. because they provide internet over fiber optic cables, which work by sending pulses of light down the cable to push packets .. http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/10/stories/2006101012450400.htm So they get slapped with tax + penalties of INR 241.8 million. [snip] -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
But they clearly have too much time on their hands. Whodathunkit? -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:51 AM To: Fergie Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy" On 10/10/06, Fergie <fergdawg@netzero.net> wrote:
Is it April 1st already? :-)
- ferg
Sadly, I dont think taxmen ever had a sense of humor
On Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 02:40:25PM +0000, Fergie wrote:
Is it April 1st already? :-)
Their reasoning is certainly barmy, but some dark-fibre customers in the UK get charged business property taxes on the fibre. Simon -- Simon Lockhart | * Sun Server Colocation * ADSL * Domain Registration * Director | * Domain & Web Hosting * Internet Consultancy * Bogons Ltd | * http://www.bogons.net/ * Email: info@bogons.net *
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