The industry argues that it is not comparable to the (heavily taxed) telecommunications industry, and that such efforts result in double taxation--since service providers already pay taxes on phone-line usage--as well as for Internet vendors.
The industry agrees that they should be considered telecommunications, and taxed as such.
mnli hypothesis: The industry agrees that they should be considered telecommunications, and taxed as such. premise: The industry argues that it is not comparable to the (heavily taxed) telecommunications industry, and that such efforts result in double taxation--since service providers already pay taxes on phone-line usage--as well as for Internet vendors.