FCC Wants To Tax Your Internet Service!

Now they want to tax your Internet Service!

The Hill.com reports:

The Federal Communications Commission is eyeing a proposal to tax broadband Internet service. 

The move would funnel money to the Connect America Fund, a subsidy the agency created last year to expand Internet access. 

The FCC issued a request for comments on the proposal in April. Dozens of companies and trade associations have weighed in, but the issue has largely flown under the public's radar.

"If members of Congress understood that the FCC is contemplating a broadband tax, they'd sit up and take notice," said Derek Turner, research director for Free Press, a consumer advocacy group that opposes the tax.

Numerous companies, including AT&T, Sprint and even Google have expressed support for the idea.

Consumers already pay a fee on their landline and cellular phone bills to support the FCC's Universal Service Fund.

The Republican Platform has an "Internet Freedom" plank.  It is, however, silent on Internet taxes.

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