PPI Senior Fellow Hal Singer and Robert Litan’s new report, “Outdated Regulations Will Make Consumers Pay More for Broadband,” was cited by the Seattle Times in an article discussing new taxes that could accompany Title II reclassification of broadband.
But one thing’s clear, according to the PPI report: Treating broadband as a regulated utility would lead to all sorts of taxes and government fees, just like the ones that state, local and federal governments tack on to phone bills.
State and local fees on broadband service would average $67 per year for wired broadband subscribers and $72 per year for wireless broadband subscribers, according to the think tank, which was started in 1989 to generate ideas for President Clinton’s New Democrats.
Read the article at Seattletimes.com
