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    <published>2006-05-25T20:57:46Z</published>
    <updated>2008-04-10T21:35:18Z</updated>
    <title>Tax my Mobile Phone no more!</title>
    <summary>According to the CTIA, the Wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent congratulated the U.S. Treasury Department today for its decision to abandon its legal dispute over the federal excise tax (FET) on long-distance telephone service. The 108 year old...</summary>
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      <name>Tom Keating</name>
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      <![CDATA[According to the CTIA, the Wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent congratulated the U.S.  Treasury Department today for its decision to abandon its legal dispute over the  federal excise tax (FET) on long-distance telephone service. The 108 year old  FET was instituted in 1898 to finance the Spanish-American War, and adds 3% to  the monthly bill of every wireless user in America. Today, there are more than  214 million estimated wireless subscribers in the nation.<br /><br />Don't get too excited though - your next phone bill may not have the federal excise tax, but it will still have plenty of other taxes.]]>
      
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    <title>Comment from cellbaba.com on 2007-08-01</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Very Itresting..Good cover up of all mobile techical matters..Keep it up<br />
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    <published>2007-08-01T12:58:32Z</published>
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