California Demands Licensure For VoIP Providers

muonzoo writes "Looks like California will be wrangling up the VoIP companies and mowing them down. Or, at least licensing them. CNET has a story about state legislators' push for all VoIP companies in the state to carry a Telephone Operator License. CNET also has a quick blurb about Vonage and how they have recently started charging customers a 'Regulatory Recovery Fee.' Ugly stuff for a young industry." Here's our earlier post about Vonage charging the regulatory recovery fee.

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what do you epxect from california?

[Horny Smurf]

California is a bastion of tax and spend. Consider that there is not one Republican elected to a statewide office, and they are a minority in the legislature. The democrats pander to the hispanics ... who vote based on how illegal immigrants are treated. Resulting in welfare benefits and drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. Add on the myriad of voter-propositions that dictate how much money is spent on education, placing limits on property yaxes, etc, and the only way for gov't to run is increased taxes, often falling on businesses.

I moved to CA in the early 90s to catch the internet-dream in its youth. I moved back to the midland before the bubble broke because the writing was on the wall: California faces a bleak future. Fact: CmdrTaco is gay..