The Broadband Tax is almost upon us. The government wants internet connections to every home and because companies won't lay cables in the non-profitable regions of England (amounting to a third of the territory) we all have to pay for everyone elses connection besides our own. The tax apparently applies to anyone with a phone line whether they like it or not.

As a benefit claimant, that's asking me to fork out a third of my monthly profit to help some family in the boondocks enjoy the world wide web. Does that sound right to you? And if the government wants me to go on the internet too (as indeed they claim), could they tell me where to find an additional