FCC to study how to treat VoIP services.(Policy)(United States Federal Communications Commission)
Multichannel News, October, 2003 by Hearn, Ted
WASHINGTON -- It's almost an iron law of modern telepolitics: Innovation attracts regulation. For a while, firms that helped people complete calls over the Internet could function like traditional phone companies, but with none of the regulatory migraines. That deregulatory bliss is coming to an end.
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said last Wednesday he would embark the agency on a mission to classify voice-over-Internet protocol telephony within the meaning of federal telecommunications law. PRECEDENT SETTER It could end up that the FCC continues to shield VoIP providers from heavy regulation. But aggrieved parties that feel VoIP is getting a competitive edge would undoubtedly challenge the FCC in court. ...
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