CTIA, NCTA, USTelecom Press for Permanent ITFA Extension To Avoid Title II Risks
The leaders of CTIA, NCTA and USTelecom wrote senators Monday pressing for a permanent extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act and “to express our strong support for the conference report on H.R. 644,” which contains such an extension. They…
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said the extension would avoid what they consider risks due to the FCC net neutrality order. “Expiration would likely increase the cost of broadband access as it would become vulnerable to new onerous telecommunication taxes and fees, an imminent threat due to the [FCC’s] recent reclassification of broadband services as a Title II telecommunications service,” they said in the letter. “At a time when promoting broadband adoption is a national priority, Congress should ensure that every American can afford to participate in the digital economy by making the expiring ban on Internet access taxation permanent.”