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Internet Phone Services Get Boost from FCC's Hands-Off Approach on Regulation.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2004
By Harry Berkowitz, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 13--Internet phone services got a big boost yesterday as federal regulators declared that one company offering a free version is not subject to traditional phone rules.
The burgeoning Internet phone industry, which promises sharply lower rates and features such as video messaging, had been awaiting the ruling and the start of the rulemaking process for the whole industry, which also came yesterday.
But a dissenting commissioner said the ruling is "reckless" because the Federal Communications Commission has not resolved issues including whether law enforcement agencies will be able to tap Internet phone calls.
The FCC ruling directly involves...
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