Fibre Tax Update

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Read more! This just in on the issue of business rates aka Fibre Tax.....

This blog post can be read at 5tth.blogspot.com

In future, the VOA propose to assess super fast broadband networks on the basis of per home connected rather than per home passed which will help with rates costs in the start up phase.

For those who missed the round table in December (that'll be nearly everyone involved in fibre tax!), the docs from that meeting are available on the BIS site.


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COMPETITION!!! Fibre tax is stalling UK investment in FTTH

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Read more! In the run-up to the Milan conference on 8th Feb, we will be running a series of questions - the best answers will receive prizes in Milan at the FTTH Council Conference or, if you cannot attend, the prize will be sent to you. So...question 1.... The prize for this question is a really quite awesome and completely unique 5tth item that some time ago Benoit expressed a desire for!

This blog post can be read at 5tth.blogspot.com


Do you believe that business rates on fibre, which are only applied in the UK, are affecting investment in UK FTTH?

From a telco point of view?

For external investors?

For UK investors?

You can either post your answer in the comments or email it directly to ldotannisonatgmaildotcom. The winner will be chosen in the Press Area at the Conference by a selection of the world's top FTTH journalists, and re-published here.
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Essential reading on fibre tax in Scotland

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Read more! Three cheers for Scotland. The Digital Scotland report puts in plain English (is that a misnomer?) the case for derating fibre and returning telecoms buildings to standard business rates, amongst other equally logical solutions which will lead to the right endgame.

This blog post can be read at 5tth.blogspot.com



There are times when you really wonder why any of us do all of this. After all, there are a number of us who don't want to own, run or even have anything to do with networks - we just want fibre through our window frames!!

The ups and downs over the last 10-15 years have been particularly trying. However, there are days when you think there is a light at the end of the tunnel and today is one of them.

With many thanks to Pauline Rigby for the heads up that it might be worth reading, in detail, the Digital Scotland report, I have now found the three pages which have stuck a rainbow in my office for the day. pp 57-59.

For more detail, you can read this blog post on Computer Weekly.

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Fibre tax and my licence fee

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Read more! I've got a bee in my bonnet again. Sorry folks but I think this stinks.....
This blog post can be read at 5tth.blogspot.com


Broken Telephone - Why are we pissing away £120M?
and also Is Govt robbing the BBC licence payers?

Would welcome a different viewpoint on all this, if there is one!
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