FRESNO, Calif. -- The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Twitter that they've cancelled the January vote on the "text tax" that would have added a surcharge to text messages.
The Federal Communications Commission ruled text messages are an "information service, not a telecommunications service."
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Assemblyman Jim Patterson made the following statement:
"You can bet I'll keep a watchful eye on the CPUC for future attempts to tax our text messages, but for now we will consider the Text Tax cancelled."