Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy"

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Is it April 1st already?  :-)

- ferg



-- Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists () gmail com> wrote:

.. because they provide internet over fiber optic cables, which work by
sending
pulses of light down the cable to push packets ..

http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/10/stories/2006101012450400.htm

So they get slapped with tax + penalties of INR 241.8 million.


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