FCC Panel Wants To Tax Internet-Using Businesses, Give the Money To ISPs (Slashdot)

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FCC Panel Wants To Tax Internet-Using Businesses, Give the Money To ISPs – The FCCs Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), which includes members like ATT, Comcast, Google Fiber, Sprint, and other ISPs and industry representatives, is proposing a tax on websites to pay for rural broadband. Ars Technica reports: If adopted by states, the recommended tax would apply to subscription-based retail services that …