Vonage Fights Minnesota's Attempts To Regulate VoIP

rmccoy writes "Vonage said Thursday it intends to fight the first-ever decision by a U.S. state to regulate companies that provide Internet-based phone services. Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission unanimously decided two weeks ago that the New Jersey-based voice over IP (VoIP) provider is subject to the rules and regulations that cover traditional phone companies."

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Re:I'd think this would be a federal matter

[brokencomputer]

Also, this will make it better for customers by regulating the equipment so that devices are not proprietery for each company. This is actually a very good thing to be regulated.

Re:Isn't it awesome

[DavidinAla]

Unfortunately, we don't HAVE capitalism in the United States. We have an economy that is controlled more and more by various levels of government. The trappings of economic freedom are still there, but government controls things to a greater and greater degree with both carrots and sticks. It's a system that forces companies and individuals to be dishonest in order to survive. When it suits the purpose of government, bits and pieces of that dishonesty are exposed and punished. This system keeps the power in the hands of government and away from private citizens or companies that don't play the political game.