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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. Triple Bullshit on you by muckdog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are already paying tax and regulatory fees for your cable and DSL lines. Why should you have to pay them again for VoIP?