Did FCC Internet Ruling Hit a Statutory Wall In NH?

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NH VS. FCC: New Hampshire communications laws against classifying Internet as a public utility clash directly with the FCC net neutrality ruling.

How much is New Hampshire taxing residents for phone or Internet service and what efforts are underway to expand or repeal these taxes?

What I discovered while seeking the answer was a regulatory history that not only sought to roll back taxes on internet access but that may also have codified language in state statute that could potentially protect IP enabled service providers from recent federal overreach.

Read about it at Watchdog.org

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  • Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, an award-winning blogger, and a member of the Board of Directors of The 603 Alliance and the National Heritage Center for Constitutional Studies. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor, Executive Editor, assistant editor, Editor, content curator, and more (yes, there's more) at GraniteGrok.com. Steve is also a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, the Republican Volunteer Coalition, and has worked for or with many state and local campaigns and grassroots groups, and is a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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