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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think I suggested ISPs should add the
increased costs as a 'metadata retention surcharge' on the bill,
much like airline fuel surcharges, in a Crosstalk podcast a few
weeks ago...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://phildobbie.com/main/podcasts/crosstalk/item/1371-open-ended-data-retention-legislation-weeks-away">http://phildobbie.com/main/podcasts/crosstalk/item/1371-open-ended-data-retention-legislation-weeks-away</a><br>
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On 27/02/2015 6:18 PM, Mark Newton wrote:<br>
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On 27 Feb 2015, at 4:38 pm, Phillip Grasso <<a
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<div dir="ltr" class="">who's gonna pay for this? any
increase in compliance costs normally end up costing the
customer.
<div class="">Wouldn't it be funny if most of the ISP's
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<div class=""><b class="">Mandatory Government Metadata
surcharge tax^H^H^H: ~+$2 </b></div>
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<div>That’s exactly what American phone carriers do: They
enumerate the bill, then they add a specific line item for
each additional tax, duty and tariff imposed by State and
Federal governments, so the consumer can see the impact of
Government policy on their phone bills.</div>
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<div>It amazes me that Australian carriage service providers
don’t do the same thing.</div>
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