Will FCC Regulate Internet Phone Calls?

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 30, 2003 @12:48PM 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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Re:FCC Trends by Zork+the+Almighty · 2003-11-30 12:56 · Score: 2, Funny

The FCC won't let me be / try to shut down my VOIP

Thank you, thank you. I now owe the music industry millions of dollars.

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Re:What will they do? by quacking+duck · 2003-11-30 14:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Hmm, obsolete revenue model, misguided legislation to keep some sort of guaranteed revenue against a new and better technology, what does that remind me of...

*cough*RIAA*cough*MPAA...

Excuse me, I'm feeling a bit under the weather...