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New York State Classifies Vonage As Phone Company

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the voip-yipes dept.

securitas writes "CNet's Evan Hansen reports that on Wednesday, the New York State Public Service Commission 'ruled that Vonage Holdings is a telephone company and thus subject to state regulation.' The decision is seen as a blow against the emerging voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) company and the industry in general."

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  1. Re:What about other VOIP apps by FauxReal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you trying to scare the crap out of me? Well it's not gonna work FUDster!


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  2. Re:In other news... by cshark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great. Now if they could just classify paypal as a bank we'de be in good shape.

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