October 20, 2004
FCC Proposes Regulation of VoIP
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell speaking yesterday at the VON Conference says that VoIP will not succeed as it is currently regulated at the state level, with the carriers currently subject to 51 different regulatory commissions. Powell says that he will formally propose this power be shifted to the FCC sometime between Election Day and Inauguration Day.
According to PC World:
The public utility commission system was set up for monopoly circuit-switched telephone networks that tied voice services to the physical networks, a model that doesn't hold for VoIP. Rather the copper, fiber and wireless networks are just transport for applications, with voice being just one of those applications. "VoIP is just a different way to make a phone call," Powell says. "It is a different way, and it needs a different regulatory structure."
Read more: FCC Chair Advocates Hands-Off Approach to VoIP
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