{"id":172270,"date":"2010-01-12T21:47:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-13T02:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/12\/lawsuits-att-collects-illegal-taxes-on-internet-access\/"},"modified":"2010-01-12T21:47:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-13T02:47:28","slug":"lawsuits-att-collects-illegal-taxes-on-internet-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/172270","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuits: AT&amp;T collects illegal taxes on Internet access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2010\/01\/lawsuits-claim-att-collects-illegal-taxes-on-internet-access.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.arstechnica.com\/assets\/2010\/01\/tax_button-thumb-230x130-11040-f.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n        <!--body--><\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T&#8217;s wireless unit has been hit by numerous federal lawsuits over the last month, each arguing that the mobile telephony giant is illegally collecting nonexistent &#8220;taxes&#8221; on phone data access plans. 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