Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Why VoIP Makes Telecom Regulations Irrelevant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chocolate-cake-over-ip dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek Online analyzes why state and federal regulators' attempts to label VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) a "telecommunications service" is wrong - and threatens to undermine the technology. It quotes Vint Cerf as saying: 'To single out VoIP as a telephone service is a terrible misunderstanding of the Internet industry. I would submit that, someday, the phrase Internet telephony will sound as archaic as 'horseless carriage' sounds today.'" We've also recently discussed Vonage's attempts to fight telecom regulation in Minnesota.

9 of 341 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    suck my nuts

  2. I heard that VoIP is for homosexuals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is this true?

  3. I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    GO SCO/LINUX!

  4. Re:Don't want to register? ARTICLE TEXT below by Article+Text+Troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why not post anonymously, jackass?

  5. IS TEH YODA ON TEH SPOKE?!?~!1` by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  6. Re:Anyone else sick of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Uh, this is slashdot. People hear hate any law that infringes on the rights of anyone to do anything (especially against laws the restrict stealing.)

  7. mod up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    funny shit

  8. Re:Mod down the karma whore by Article+Text+Troll · · Score: -1, Troll

    There's no fooling you. Jackass.

  9. ...Imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...a beowulf cluster of these...