Zsolti 2,688 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Accessing the internet in Hungary looks like it’s going to get a lot more expensive as of next year, as Hungarian economy minister Mihály Varga has announced that a new tax, set to come into force in 2015, will begin charging Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by the gigabyte. While that might not be the end of the world if the fee was small, the quoted per gigabyte rate is 150 forints, which works out at around 38 pence per GB. This is all part of the “telecom tax,†which has previously been levied against companies that provide telephone calls in the country. However now it’s being extended to ISPs too, forcing them to pay for the bandwidth that their customers use. To put it into context, for every customer that downloaded the recently released, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, the ISP would have to pay almost £20. Clearly, that isn’t a fee that the ISPs are going to absorb willingly. Instead, what is likely to happen if there is no way for the industry to counter this legislative change, the costs will be passed on to the consumer, either in the form of massively reduced bandwidth packages, or with a per-gigabyte charge that will make doing anything beyond basic gaming and webpage viewing an expensive practice. http://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/hungary-may-start-taxing-the-internet-by-the-gb/ or http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/22/us-hungary-internet-tax-idUSKCN0IB0RN20141022 Sorry if AP - but this is ridiculous! Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garnite 8 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 worthy of emigration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,648 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Bullfighting and now this... Europe is messy today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsolti 2,688 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 worthy of emigration. I'd get my tickets to another place asap if I was in Hungary bye Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster 2 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is actually a breach of human rights. I'd take the b---h to EU court over this. You can't literally make people pay for information. If you pay for an internet connection already, or a phone contract, then you're already paying your way to access the information - Hungary doesn't own the internet and has no business taxing the users of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ricky 9,089 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well the Providers have to pay for this, not the population. But this is going to cause something which will lead up to a higher monthly pay for internet.. Crossfit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsolti 2,688 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well the Providers have to pay for this, not the population. But this is going to cause something which will lead up to a higher monthly pay for internet.. I download 50 gb of anime per day stay away from me hungary.. Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,282 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Technically they are taxing the companies. The tax is wayy too much though. Poor hungarians tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo 327 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 That's wack sauce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuborg 4,136 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is what's gonna start World War III I root for you. I love you. You, you, you, you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,004 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So hungary for money tbh Are their economy in bad shape? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellspont 1,468 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is what's gonna start World War III I'm pretty sure twitter is going to start that. :fan: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear 7,515 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 38p PER GB?!?!?!?!?!? My ISP would be paying around £100 per month for my family, and I'm sure that would soon be reflected in the cost I pay too. I feel sorry for the people of Hungary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Candy 3,970 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 sux buy 'Paper or Plastic' by Brooke candy on iTunes NOW!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALX 170 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 welp there went net neutrality in their country Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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