Feds want to open networks, but would tax your phone bill to do it
(NEWSER) - Al Gore may think he created the Internet, but it's the FCC that's looking to make it available to all Americans—and it's considering taxing your phone bill to pay for it. Federal regulators will outline their case today for stepping up government control of Internet and phone services, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a move to reverse Bush-era policies and bring widespread, cheap broadband access. More»