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["CHRIS PEABODY" <>]

I was forwarded a copy of the proposed House/Senate bill regarding Voip, it 
gives all power to regulate VoIP services to the FCC and forbids the states 
from regulating.  This may have very serious impact on the local PSC's in the 
states over the next 10 years, since everything will be "federalized".   The 
impact of taxes, 911 fee's etc.... may get very, very murky over time as more 
carriers offer VoIP service.

Here's part of the bill:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.2281:
SEC. 2. ASSERTION OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION.

      (a) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
responsibility and authority to regulate the offering or provision of a 
voice-over-Internet-protocol application is reserved solely to the Federal 
Government.

      (b) PROHIBITION OF STATE REGULATION- No State or political subdivision 
thereof may enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other 
provision having the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the effect 
of regulating, the offering or provision of a VOIP application.

      (c) PROHIBITION OF DELEGATION TO STATES- Any responsibility or 
authority to regulate the offering or provision of a VOIP application that, 
pursuant to subsection (a), is reserved by the Federal Government may not be 
delegated, by any Federal agency or officer, to any State or political 
subdivision thereof.

Chris Peabody
Director, Enterprise Network Communication Systems
L Robert Kimball & Associates
Washington, DC
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