Federal Appeals Court Sides With VoIP Providers

gollum123 writes "AP reports that the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling by a lower court that A Minnesota agency may not regulate calls through VoIP as it does calls through traditional phone lines. 'The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission had argued that VoIP companies were providing phone-like service and therefore should be regulated as phone companies are. But those businesses said they provide an information service rather than a telecommunications service. This follows the FCC saying that VOIP cannot be regulated using the same rules as traditional phone.'"

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Legalese in my favor for once.

[sanityspeech]

When I call my family using VoIP, they can't tell the difference.Who would have thought making calls across the atlantic would be much cheaper than calling someone across town on a payphone?

I don't care what they decide to call it. I'm just glad it's dirt cheap.