Tag Archive: 50p

Dec
15
2009

Sod the Digital Britain broadband tax – mobile broadband is the way forward

Earlier today I was thinking about the benefits (if any) of the 50p phone line tax. There clearly aren’t any. And then it made me think. Why the hell is the government trying to make us pay phone line tax when it’s become very clear the way forward is mobile broadband – not landline broadband? …

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Oct
19
2009

Conservatives promise to scrap 50p phone line tax

OK not to get too political here, but in response to my post about the 50p phone line tax being a waste of time (which is totally is!), there is now news that the conservative party will scrap the 50p phone line tax as soon as possible if they are elected next year. Some sense …

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Sep
23
2009

50p phone line tax – what a waste of time!

OK, so I was reading online that the government in the UK has decided that the 50p phone line tax may well take place after all. You may have heard that it was fought over a while back, but the government seems to have brought it back into the finance equation. Anyway, if you don’t …

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