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FCC Insists Feds Should Regulate VoIP

Posted by timothy on from the divine-right-of-kings dept.

prostoalex writes "FCC Chairman Michael Powell insists federal officials should be the only ones regulating VoIP, as trusting the Internet phone regulations to states would result in patchwork of conflicting legislature. Powell is a strong proponent of VoIP (and a Skype user), and considers it the technology that ignites (not competes with) telecom industry. Research shows that fewer than 1 mln Americans use VoIP today, but that's expected to increase 12x by 2009."

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  1. Re:Fuck regulation! by Digital+Avatar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Any company that were to do as such would be guilty of RESTRAINT OF TRADE. That's already a crime. You don't need 'regulation' to be protected from that...you need a government that enforces its own fucking laws.

  2. Public Interest? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The FCC rarely seems to be acting in the public interest these days. Here is an interesting article about how they're reducing access to the internet for the benefit of corporations.