Jeremiah Becker
67:04 - 67:29
“Think of a family with multiple high school students, and they all have a cell phone. A family that could have 5 or more phones, and you're essentially adding a tax that might be the equivalent of one of their online other services that they use. So you might want to consider a per-household limit.”
- Speaker
- Jeremiah Becker
- Timestamp
- 67:04 – 67:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
Think of a family with multiple high school students, and they all have a cell phone. A family that could have 5 or more phones, and you're essentially adding a tax that might be the equivalent of one of their online other services that they use. So you might want to consider a per-household limit. How we can actually calculate that might be difficult for us, but something to consider. Uh, and then businesses, um, several businesses in town have dozens and dozens of lines.
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