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Bush demands Internet access tax ban

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Julio Franco, Apr 27, 2004.

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  1. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor

    President Bush today called for Congress to maintain a ban blocking taxes on Internet access and for the US to increase the spread of broadband connections, during a speech in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    "Now, the use of broadband has tripled since 2000 from 7 million subscriber lines to 24 million," Bush said. "That's good. But that's way short of the goal for 2007. And so - by the way, we rank 10th amongst the industrialized world in broadband technology and its availability. That's not good enough for America. Tenth is 10 spots too low as far as I'm concerned."

    Read more: The Register.
    Julio Franco, Apr 27, 2004
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  2. acidosmosis TechSpot Chancellor


    Hehe. Nice.
    acidosmosis, Apr 27, 2004
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  3. BrownPaper Newcomer, in training

    :haha:
    BrownPaper, Apr 27, 2004
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  4. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    Hit zero....!!! !HAHAHAH!



    If you move 10 spots up from spot 10 you wind up at spot 0.

    That's well "spotted".... ;)
    Phantasm66, Apr 27, 2004
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  5. vassil3427 Newcomer, in training

    Bush is the Best :grinthumb
    vassil3427, Apr 27, 2004
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  6. me(who else?) Newcomer, in training

    America can be zero as far as I'm concerned, it just means that Canada moves up a notch :grinthumb
    me(who else?), Apr 27, 2004
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  7. ---agissi--- TechSpot Paladin

    Looks like an easy way to gain a few votes since its coming up to be that time ;)
    ---agissi---, Apr 27, 2004
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  8. Godataloss Newcomer, in training

    I wonder which internet he means? :confused:
    Godataloss, Oct 20, 2004
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  9. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    No doubt he is referring to the one Al Gore "invented".
    RealBlackStuff, Oct 24, 2004
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  10. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Hey.. This is old news. So not quite "just in time for the election". Check out when the original post was made. :)
    Rick, Oct 25, 2004
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  11. MrGaribaldi TechSpot Ambassador

    LoL, yes I see what you mean...

    For anyone interested in what Bush & Kerry thinks about I.T. issues, you might be interested in this.
    These are the questions "answered"
    MrGaribaldi, Oct 25, 2004
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