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Will FCC Regulate Internet Phone Calls?

Posted by timothy on from the unctuous-rulemakers dept.

Ridgelift writes "The FCC will begin hearings on Monday December 1st to see if they will get involved in regulating calls placed over the internet. Since a federal court in Minnesota ruled a month ago that calls delivered over the Internet are not subject to state regulation, Qwest, Verizon and SBC have all announced their intention to deliver more calls over their data networks. "The stakes in the debate are huge. Federal and state governments could lose billions of dollars in revenue from regulatory fees if calls moved onto the Internet are no longer subject to the charges.""

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  1. What? by Max+Threshold · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We can't decrease the amount of money the government extorts from us for a change?

  2. Re:What will they do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What blows me away is the Federal Government uses words like "revenue" when describing the taxes that they take from us, using the threat of a barrel of a gun to make sure we pay.

    Oh spare us the histrionics. Waah, the government's taking away my money, waah they have guns and they're so scary.

    Libertarians are the biggest wimps. If you don't like the tax system then move to somewhere where there aren't any taxes, or government. I guarantee you wouldn't last 5 seconds in those few places on this planet without government, but at least you wouldn't be paying taxes.

  3. bullshit by llZENll · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    this is bullshit, why does the government need or get any taxes from communications, taxes on comm should be treated like food, you can't tax a basic human right, and in the US speech is a right...