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calvoiper

join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

Re: Where do you draw the line?

Actually, as the FCC has just demonstrated, IP phone services will be subject to some regulation, if only on 9-1-1 issues.

Local franchises are a joke--initially they were the way that the cable companies got access to public rights of way, and then became the entirely toothless general regulation of cable TV we have today. They are a tax, and nothing worthwhile more.

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