jjoshua
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Scotch Plains, NJ | Can the FCC do this?
Pardon the ignorance but...
Where does the FCC get the authority to regulate VOIP?
VOIP companies are service providers connected to the internet. They don't provide the connections. Why, then, are they regulated by the FCC? |
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celeritypc
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Caldwell, NJ
| said by jjoshua  :Pardon the ignorance but... Where does the FCC get the authority to regulate VOIP? VOIP companies are service providers connected to the internet. They don't provide the connections. Why, then, are they regulated by the FCC? I can smell the court challenge already. |
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quetwo
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East Lansing, MI | reply to jjoshua
Because they are connected to the PSTN, which is regulated by the FCC.... |
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dcurrey
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| Along those lines given the fact that Voip are service providers that just happen to connect to POTS network should the USF be sent to companies that provide DIDs to voip companies.
Example Level 3 has to pay for revenue generated from the sell of voip service to say Vonage. Now given the fact that Vonage is probably only paying at most 2 or 3 dollars for the number this would seriously reduce the USF cost. Level3 passes the cost to Vonage. Vonage can then eat the cost since its such a small amount or pass it on. |
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jjoshua
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Scotch Plains, NJ
2 edits | Exactly. Level3 should pay into the USF. VoIP companies are only end-users of the POTS lines and should not have to pay. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | No that will start a domino effect. Making Level 3 pay fee will then in turn they add that on to what their customers pay then it ends up to you and I paying it anyway. This has to be stopped at the source not at the victim side. |
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dcurrey
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join:2004-06-29 | True but a least this way the fee is only being based on a couple bucks. Lesser of two evils. |
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neftv
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Broomall, PA | I can't accept that. Everyone must contact their representatives and complain. |
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