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California Demands Licensure For VoIP Providers

Posted by timothy on from the extortionate-troglodytes dept.

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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  1. Just wait for the Taxinator to get in office... by warpSpeed · · Score: 4, Funny
    When Arrrnold gets in office, this will all get taken care of :-)

    *ducks, and runs for life...*

    1. Re:Just wait for the Taxinator to get in office... by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny
      When Arrrnold gets in office

      I thought Talk Like a Pirate Day was over.

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  2. Re:Not Just California though by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's OK when it stops you, but God forbid it ever touch me! Fairly hypocritical.

    Well, duh... Are you new to Slashdot?

    Simple Rules:
    1) If its good for ME then it's good for EVERYBODY
    2) If its bad for ME then its bad for EVERYBODY
    3) If its bad for (MICROSOFT|RIAA|MPAA|SCO) then its good for EVERYBODY
    4) If its bad for LINUX then its bad for EVERYBODY
    5) If it involves Natalie Portman, Beowulf Clusters or Pants Full of Hot Grits then its good for EVERYBODY
    6)If it involves the GOATSE guy its bad for EVERYBODY.

    Did I miss any?

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  3. Re:Typical by notcreative · · Score: 2, Funny
    • granting illegal immigrants the right to driver's licenses
    • enacting the nation's toughest financial-privacy and antispam measures
    • expanding the rights of gay domestic partners

    Those laws are awful! They might result in the horror of
    • People without documents (who assuredly aren't in the US right now) learning basic road safety and having an incentive to pass the driver's test.
    • Fincancial privacy and less spam.
    • Legal, secular recognition of devoted partnerships that form the basis of families.

    If only a cyborg from the future would come back and fight the future!