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  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 13:55:22 -0700 (PDT)

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The article discusses taxes in the form of a proposed Universal Service Fee
on each phone number. Is the legal system switching from "if it quacks like
a duck then it's a duck" to "if you can dial it from PSTN then a telephone"?

Candace


New taxes could slam Net phone users
By Anne Broache

If the feds get their way, anyone with a phone number would have to pay into
a fund to subsidize rural telecom services.

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