Thread: [Update and merge] 50p landline tax shelved
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Old 21-06-2009, 22:58   #11
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Re: 50p phone levey - not on Virgin phones ?
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Originally Posted by RamJet View Post
The government ( er joke !) announced a 50p per month levy on fixed phone lines to pay for fibe optic broadband for the whole country

I guess we VM customers will be exempt as we already have fibre optic - well to the Green Box anyway

does anyone know if we are in fact exempt
Seeing as the money is to give people who don't already have access to fast broadband (or any broadband) a fast broadband connection, I doubt that the fact you are on Virgin makes any difference at all.
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