Fun fact: US Customs slaps eyeglass taxes on optical networking gear

Officials are overcharging tech world, says comms slinger as it heads into court to scrap fees

An American telecoms hardware shifter is fed up with US Customs officials slapping extra tariffs on its fiber-optic tech imports – all because the agents are classifying the IT gear as eyeglasses.…

via The Register - Data Centre: Networks
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