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  • 9-1-1 TAXES IMPOSED ON SPRINT BROADBAND CARD FOR LAPTOP?

    11/02/2007 5:22:55 PM PDT · by SERKIT · 43 replies · 120+ views
    11/2/2007 | Self
    I am in a discussion with Sprint and the Illinois Commerce Commission on the taxes that appear on my bill for my Sprint Pentech PX-500 broadband card for my laptop. I am paying $0.57 for Federal 9-1-1 taxes and $0.75 for local 9-1-1 tax. This isn't a bank-breaker, but it's the principle. The card cannot "dial" 9-1-1 and it lacks GPS chipset for Phase 2 wireless E9-1-1 location requirements. Because of this, I contend that I should not be paying taxes for a device that CANNOT use the services for which I'm being taxed. It would be the rough analog...
  • Complaints Over Cell Phone Service Abound

    06/04/2004 5:01:34 PM PDT · by El Conservador · 29 replies · 1,148+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | June 4, 2004 | ELLEN SIMON
    NEW YORK - Your cell phone company knows you hate it. Mobile phone service was the second-lowest ranked industry — beating only cable providers among the 40 rated — in the University of Michigan's newest customer satisfaction index. And there's more: mobile companies were the No. 2 sector in complaints last year to Better Business Bureaus, dropping from first place in 2002. Only auto dealers did worse. "The industry claims that people love their cell phones and they're very happy with the service," said Carl Wood, a commissioner on the California Public Utilities commission who fought the industry for four...