Comments on Would You Pay $5 To Avoid Regulation of VoIPTypePad2004-06-28T05:24:02ZAndy Abramsonhttps://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2004/06/would_you_pay_5/comments/atom.xml/Aswath commented on 'Would You Pay $5 To Avoid Regulation of VoIP'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451b99869e200d83462b09a69e22004-06-29T01:26:36Z2007-08-16T06:56:16ZAswathhttp://www.mocaedu.com/mtThanks for pointing out the reference. To a certain extent, I agree with the author of the article that instead...<p>Thanks for pointing out the reference. To a certain extent, I agree with the author of the article that instead of taxing VoIP, we should be taxing broadband access. I said so in my filing with FCC (http://www.fcc.gov/voip/comments/AswathRao.pdf, section on Public Policy Matters). But the claim that $5 per taxpayer will be even is not even close. In 2003, the USF bill was slightly less than $6.5B.</p>