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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.'"
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Couldn't they manage something in the top five at least? This isn't worth shit.
There is no reason for VO_IP to be regulated. The FCC regulated telephones in the first place was .... For almost everyone to be able to have service at an affordable rate.. VO_IP is cheaper than most if not all local telephone service. If it is regulated prices would go up. Reason to regulate it 1. So your prices will go up 2.Employees of local telephone company will stop getting laid off(they are getting paid to much anyway for what they do) 3. Fund the War on Terror 4. Social Security 5. Politicians get a raise 5. Will benefit the schools 6. Help the Enviroment 7. Save the Whales 8. Help India......... F*** The F*****G Government.. Regulate this B****.... I had fun day at work today as you can tell....
What are you talking about? If poor people get screwed by the companies tough shit. That's what the free market is all about. They should have done more research and if they wanna compete they can expend hard work, and buy the necessary equipment to start up their own competing VoIP solution. If they can't do that they should leave it to better people.