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Internet lowers phone charges

on July 4, 2006

Internet Calling Pressures Bells to Lower Rates - New York Times

“The Bells still control the bulk of the country’s 180 million landlines and are far from giving up on what has been a giant cash cow. When pushed, they are even offering their own Internet-based calling, but these services are rarely advertised. It is cheaper to cut prices to keep customers, they figure, than to try to win back customers later from a rival.

During the first quarter of this year, the number of traditional telephone lines dropped by 150,000 a week, according to TeleGeography. At the same time, the number of subscribers to Internet telephone services has increased by 100,000 a week.

AT&T, among others, says the drop in lines is not as painful for the…

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Tags: AT&T, BellSouth, Broadband, broadband services, dial-up Internet service, Internet-based calling, Lower Rates - New York Times, phone charges Internet Calling Pressures Bells, telephone lines, telephone services.

US scraps long distance tax

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on May 31, 2006

by Patrick Neighly - 26/5/2006 04:40:00
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The US Treasury has scrapped a 3 percent federal excise tax on long-distance calls and promised taxpayer refunds covering the past three years. The move follows a series of federal appeals court rulings against the government, which had tried repeatedly to preserve the US$6 billion generated annually by the tax.

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Tags: BellSouth, Bob Goodlatte, communications customers, Herschel Abbott, Internet transfers, John Snow, Judiciary Committee, Patrick Neighly, proposed law, United States, US Treasury, USD, Wall Street Journal.

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