calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to JJV
VoIP not a telecom service....
VoIP is not a telecom service. It's something that some people use instead of a telecom service, and it looks kinda like a telecom service, but so do two tin cans and a string.
In some circumstances, VoIP offerings can be at least partially a telecom service, as when they offer "universal termination" over the PSTN--there's definitely some telecom goin' on there. But a mere SIP connection between consenting adults? Not telecom.
Powell and the FCC are, frankly, too befuddled to pretend that they even understand what VoIP is or how it works. Be glad for small favors--otherwise, they'd already be screwing it up like PCS.
What are they really waiting for? Some good way to grab jurisdiction and control before VoIP kills their good friends and money sources, the telcos...
Calvoiper
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