Thread: [Update and merge] 50p landline tax shelved
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Old 12-12-2009, 01:10   #44
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re: [Update and merge] 50p landline tax shelved
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Interesting ... that could mean people who have VM TV but a BT phone line get clobbered twice, seeing as VM makes the phone line available to the house as a standard part of the cable run from the street cab, even if the sub has never expressed any interest in using it.
Consultation document does cover this point:

"3.7 There are some difficulties with this general approach due to how some retailers provide services to their customers. Virgin Media provide broadband services over a co-axial cable but standard voice services over a separate copper line where other providers would just use a single copper line for both voice and broadband services. BT will also face similar issues where fibre is overlaid on copper wires. Government’s intention is to ensure that there is no double liability under these circumstances."
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