RE: Today's FCC Ruling

["Carl Ford" <>]

Hey Ben and VoIP WG.

I just wanted to say that this victory is not complete.

A few of the commissioners are trying to put a CALEA role on the apps side.

Our best solution would have been to be in limbo.  Neither telecom nor
telecom service, but not and information service.
Personally I liked Verizons statement that it all VoIP is Interstate best.

After the victory we went to the hill.  The talk is all about a revision of
the telecom act of 96.  Jurisdiction and Definitions may be revised and of
course there will be lobbying by many powerfull players.  We are trying to
get all of the appropriate computer / Internet types on the same page down
in WDC for these upcoming conversations.

If you have people who are like minded about the future of the Internet
please tell them of our efforts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Teitelbaum 
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Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:39 PM
To: wg-pic; VoIP Working Group
Subject: Today's FCC Ruling


Looks like we can all breath a little easier today and sleep a little
more soundly tonight.  Computer-to-computer VoIP will remain largely
unregulated in the US, giving us space to develop and deploy advanced
IP voice communications applications.  For services that interoperate
with the PSTN, things are murkier and less settled.

Any comments from VoIPers or PICers who were present at the
proceedings in DC (or who just watched the RealMedia feed)?

Some pointers:

FCC's VoIP Page
http://fcc.gov/voip/

CNET Article
http://news.com.com/2100-7352_3-5158105.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news

NYTimes Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/12/technology/12CND-NET.html

Jeff Pulver's Blog
http://192.246.69.231/jeff/personal/

-- ben