On 06/07/04 15:17 -0400, Joe Baptista wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 00:31:21 -0400 > From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Politech] House bill exports analog phone regs to VoIP > > > > http://www.politechbot.com/docs/boucher.voip.bill.070604.pdf > > There's a new bill in the House of Representatives to regulate phone > calls made over the Internet. It was introduced this evening by Reps. > Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and it's called the > Advanced Internet Communications Services Act of 2004. I've placed the > text online and have a summary and commentary at News.com. > > The AICS bill takes a more regulatory approach than a competing proposal > from Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss. Boucher and Stearns say VoIP servcies > "shall" be subject to access charges and universal service taxes -- > which is a really big deal. More on this later. > <snip>
Makes sense for these guys. They're telecom industry puppets. Lets hope it gets shot down. See Boucher: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00002171&cycle=2004 See Stearns: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00002782&cycle=2004 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
