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VoIP Receives Warm Reception From UK Regulators

Posted by timothy on from the adam-smith's-spinning-slows-momentarily dept.

"In stark contrast to the U.S., where VoIP providers may be stifled by wiretap costs, the UK telecoms regulators seem to be welcoming the technology. The BBC is reporting that a block of phone numbers have been assigned to VoIP users -- and that Ofcom, the regulators, have said 'Our first task as regulator is to keep out of the way.'

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  1. Re:BT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why is it that every nutjob seems to think that unbundling the local loop is going to magically solve everything? Just look at the US if you need proof that it doesn't much help. Besides which, other telcos are far more incompetent; I recently switched back to BT after several years with Blueyonder. BY couldn't keep my line connected and working for more than a couple of days at a time.

  2. Re:a nice idea, but it won't last by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    1)Wow, you're as bad as blunket. Would you feel better if I had a name like "WIAKywbfatw"? Would that make you feel better about my "identity"? twat.

    2)Those are the arguments, in substance, of the pro-Euro crowd. That yes, handing over power in fact increases our control and "influence". Try and deny it.

    3)The debate about britain's future is indeed distorted by a biased press and media - the enormously biased, pro-european outlets like the Guardian, the BBC, etc. I'm sorry, your argument that the media is biased is a wash, there's just as much biased the opposite way, and the entire establishment itaelf is biased, as can be proven by the bait-and-switch they used to drag us in this far in the first place. I know it is irritating for you not to have absolute 100% totalitarian control over what the media says and it irks you, but personally it gives me hope.. it shwos we're not european yet, so our press is not as neutred as the French of the German.

    4)Sorry, I call a superstate built up by non-democrat means entirely to suit the egos and ideals of the establishment and its ambitions to challenge the US (France) or regain the glory days (Britain) Empire. You need to understand that the majority of actual people in Europe have always been opposed in great majority to this scheme, and that it is entirely a prject of arrogant politicos. Most of the EU has a very poor democratic record tho, in fact they are mostly emergent democracies, so they have felt no great need to hold referendums on the important points, and all parties in each country tend to support the EU except extremists (like Haider in Austria) so where is democratic opinion to go in such a biased climate?

    The desire to create a continental-scale state is fundamentally an imperial desire. That's the end of it, you can worm around this as much as you like, but it is true. And by the way, more Orwellian arguments about how nobody desires to make the EU a state, they just want to unite its army&police&currency&laws&executiv e will be laughable, and besides, you should know that it is only British europhiles that claim there is no desire to make the EU a state. European europhiles are very open about it. For example Delors would say it is the entire point of the EU all the time .. and how it made british europhiles squirm. "We can't let the truth out! shut up Delors!" Sigh. People like you are the death of democracy.