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VoIP Services to be Regulated in Canada

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hand-of-the-state dept.

jeffcm writes "It seems that the CRTC, Canada's equivalent to the FCC has decided that VoIP pricing and services should be regulated. From The Globe & Mail: "The CRTC confirmed that it has rejected arguments from Bell and Telus that VoIP should be left unregulated like other on-line applications. If their argument had won the day, their competitors say, the incumbent phone companies would have been allowed to limit the number of new entrants by slashing prices in the short term.""

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  1. Regulation is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's why I eat a bowl of AllBran each morning!

  2. Gentoo?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I use Gentoo; how does this affect me?

  3. God Bless Socialism! by AstroDrabb · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Ah, how great thou art my dear Socialism! Your beauty is beyond words! Your truth is know to all. The government knows best! The "commoner" could never choose for themselves. Even though capitalism has show to be the best system overall for an economy, you dear Socialism, say "no, we won't have that!". Oh dear Socialism, you will stop this madness and allow your dear citizens to live under your rule! To live how you think best! Who, beyond you dear Socialism knows better? Thou great Socialism, take my money, tax me heavily, spend my money how you think best for I know not what I do. Regulate our businesses for they will all harm us. Whatever would I do without you my dear Socialism?

    Oh, wait I said God! Damn me to a very hot place my dear Socialism! I should have said Ala Bless, or Buda Bless or [no know god] bless.

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    If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
    it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison