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Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 6:06 pm
by bw1
daet wrote:
Ein wrote: Police and fire truck don't show up without verification.
Not true in two places that I've lived or live in - Madison, WI (i.e. Dane County, WI) and Metairie, LA (Jefferson Parish, LA).
Maybe that's in certain places where people call 911 when they didn't get what they ordered from McD's

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 6:34 pm
by allo
FeiGeiWay wrote:I live in china, so I don't need or want to pay the $3-$4 local tax on the Ooma. I registered a Los Angeles address but live in China. How do I set it so that I don't have to pay the 911 tax? I don't need or want to call 911.
Very simple: use a chinese phone system!
You may be thrown in jail for a long, long time for evading chinese taxes on telecommunications... it is a matter of time before you get caught!

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 6:52 pm
by sfhub
They probably care more about using VPN to avoid the Great (fire)Wall of China than avoiding the taxes :)

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 12:17 am
by lbmofo
It ain't too bad over there. As long as you don't mess with politics, religion, pornography on the net, you are left alone. Even if you discuss these openly in a forum such as this one, they still leave you alone. It is when you try to mobilize the masses, then you get in trouble.

Going back to the original topic...
FeiGeiWay wrote:I live in china, so I don't need or want to pay the $3-$4 local tax on the Ooma. I registered a Los Angeles address but live in China. How do I set it so that I don't have to pay the 911 tax? I don't need or want to call 911.
The only way you avoid paying tax is through getting a ooma Core and activating that.

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 1:10 am
by sfhub
lbmofo wrote:It ain't too bad over there. As long as you don't mess with politics, religion, pornography on the net, you are left alone. Even if you discuss these openly in a forum such as this one, they still leave you alone. It is when you try to mobilize the masses, then you get in trouble.
Ah, but when you use VPN and encryption to mask your conversation, how would the state know if you are mobilizing the masses or just talking about sports?

Regarding leaving you alone as long as you don't mobilize the masses...
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-18/w ... nese-media

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 1:16 am
by lbmofo
Yeah, they won't know so people talk all they want, just don't do anything about it. ;)

This Comp Sci professor should have just stuck with some language user group vs what he did. 20 years ago, he could have been executed.

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 9:03 am
by lbmofo
lbmofo wrote:Radio Shack sale ends 5/22

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7974&start=10#p56139

Amazon has them for $235
Radio Shack sale is now through 5/29.

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:07 pm
by FeiGeiWay
I just read you responses - I have a Telo. Are you guys saying there's no way around the e911 taxes unless I buy and old model core?

I just don't it's fair to force me to pay the e911 tax when i don't live in the country and would be useless to me.

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:24 pm
by lbmofo
FeiGeiWay wrote:Are you guys saying there's no way around the e911 taxes unless I buy and old model core?
是的.

Re: don't want to pay local taxes, live in china

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:35 pm
by ktinca
But you are using a US Phone Number.
FeiGeiWay wrote:I just read you responses - I have a Telo. Are you guys saying there's no way around the e911 taxes unless I buy and old model core?

I just don't it's fair to force me to pay the e911 tax when i don't live in the country and would be useless to me.