ZDNet is available in the following editions:
Sign up to ZDNet UK's daily newsletter.
A tax to pay for next-generation broadband in the UK is expected to pass into law in 2010.
The tax, known as the Next Generation Levy, will see every home with a landline charged 50p per month to fund the rollout of superfast broadband.
It will be introduced in the Finance Bill, according to chancellor Alistair Darling, which is expected to pass into law in 2010.
For the full story, see £6 broadband tax will be law next year on silicon.com.
In order to post a comment you need to be registered and logged in.
You can also log in with Facebook. Log in or create your ZDNet UK account below
By signing up for this service, you indicate that you agree to our Terms and Conditions and have read and understood our Privacy Policy. Questions about membership? Find the answers in the Community FAQ
ike fuelband is great for every healthminded person ! to work out! theres this website called textme4free.com that you can use to text anywhere in...
8 hours ago by bordero on Nike's FuelBand wristband gamifies exercise > I'm told it's somewhat annoying when people have their Macs stolen > and Apple stores treat the thief as the owner, but there you go. Ouch,...
11 hours ago by BrownieBoy on AMD Ultrathins to challenge Intel Ultrabooks
@kevinmchapman. OK, I acknowledge that 'most' was a gratuitous throwaway comment as an afterthought and too presumptuous. As to proof, as you...
15 hours ago by Moley on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint
@BrownieBoy > Works really well for thieves.... >> Nice attempt to deflect the argument by tossing in a point that's totally >> irrelevant, even...
16 hours ago by Jack Schofield on AMD Ultrathins to challenge Intel Ultrabooks fantastic that the so called piracy bills have been withdrawn. however, these anti-democracy supporters are still in the shadows so lets be alert...
17 hours ago by raskolnikof on SOPA, Protect IP support wavers in face of online protestPlease God no; teach them anything you like - thinking rationally, the uses and misuses of data, what data is and what it's not - but leave the...
19 hours ago by Tony Douglas via Facebook on Kids are the future. Teach ’em to code. @Jack, > Works really well for thieves.... Nice attempt to deflect the argument by tossing in a point that's totally irrelevant, even it were...
1 day ago by BrownieBoy on AMD Ultrathins to challenge Intel Ultrabooks Make that 13 people now - I got refused today at Manchester airport. I thought I was up to date on this legislation - I knew of the EU ruling from...
2 days ago by bootlegger on UK airport body scans will not be opt out Don't forget to check out apps like GoodReader or SlideShark either, they're indispensible for people on the go in presentation situations. Best...
2 days ago by tinycg on Four top iPad apps for people on the move Well it seems there is something a number of us agree on. Why is the Ubuntu Unity launcher so ugly? I thought perhaps it was something to do with...
2 days ago by TerryRK on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
2 days ago by Freebies202 on Microsoft fixes blog comments, speeds up blogs with open source "the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
3 days ago by kevinmchapman on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux MintAnother grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
3 days ago by Marg Menzies Harrison via Facebook on 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick... Kubuntu is late. Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions. cf.:...
3 days ago by zdnetukuser on Linux Minterface @kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
3 days ago by Moley on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
3 days ago by kevinmchapman on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
3 days ago by TerryRK on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint "Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system." Point truly missed. Both use a...
3 days ago by kevinmchapman on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article. I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
3 days ago by TerryRK on A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux MintIf we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
3 days ago by Dennis Nilsson via Facebook on ACTA stumbles in Germany
Whether your business is a medium-sized organisation or a large conglomerate, projects are a part of your everyday... Read more
As distributed-denial-of-service attacks grow in size, complexity and frequency, security organisations are discovering that in-house solutions are no longer... Read more
Companies are finding the wireless LAN is under pressure as employees are bringing their own devices to... Read more
SOFTWARE ENGINEER - BERKS - to 34k plus package WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / WMS - UNIX C JAVA ORACLE...
JAVA DEVELOPER TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / TMS - UNIX JAVA (with C# C++ OOP OOD ANDROID)...
Talkback
In the linked article, it refers to the broadband tax being levied on all 'fixed copper lines'.
What about those who choose to scrap their telephone land lines and use VOIP/SIP over a cable broadband connection?
Does this mean that Virgin Media customers will be exempt from the tax?
I took it that anyone with a telephone line will be taxed, and if mobile user's are not to be taxed yet, you'll probably find it won't be long before the government extends it to capture those user's also.
The other question is once all this infrastructure is in place will they remove it? probably not and it will most likely increase with time also, they always do.
The annoying thing about this after reading this article, over at silicon.com I just read an article about how BT are giving away free FTTC! for 3 months to existing business's in Glasgow to try.
So they obviously don't need the money then!
I thought telecoms had been privatised.
It's up to the company & it's shareholders to cough up this.
Will we all be getting a dividend on the profits, we've a right to it.
Just like the banks are laughing at us so now it's telecoms turn
They would be better to ask us to set up a direct debit to the govs.