In upstatebizSC, NTU's Doug Kellogg takes the South Carolina General Assembly to task for seeking to tax wireless consumers in an attempt to prop up dwindling levels of business for landline options:
"Because landline usage is in steep decline — with almost 40 percent of South Carolina’s families cutting their old service and relying solely on their cell phones —landline phone companies are petitioning for this new tax scheme, which would help them maintain a $42 million annual subsidy currently paid for by landline customers.
"Why do landline phone companies say it’s fair to require wireless consumers to make up for declining revenues?"
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