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Beware: Your high-speed 'local' internet may not be legal

Illegal broadband service providers get away with the 8-10% tax paid on revenue

Beware: Your high-speed 'local' internet is causing losses to government
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BS Web Team New Delhi
In the battle to control unlicensed broadband service provided by local cable operators and large internet service providers, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have conducted raids across Uttar Pradesh (UP) as the government is suffering losses due to illegal internet connections. 

In a crackdown by UP-ATS along with the department of telecommunications (DoT), six illegal internet service providers, who were operating without a legal license, were busted in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. 

As these are not registered with the government, they get away with the 8-10 per cent tax slab one has to pay