NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON CONVERGENCE 11/15/04 Today's focus: Key points of FCC's Vonage ruling
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For more results from this recent survey conducted by IDC of full-time security pros in 80 counties worldwide, click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88262 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Key points of FCC's Vonage ruling By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick You doubtlessly heard last week that the FCC ruled that Vonage's residential-focused VoIP service is not subject to, as the ruling put it, "traditional state regulation." The FCC press release also noted that "other types of IP-enabled services, such as those offered by cable companies, that have basic characteristics similar to [Vonage's] DigitalVoice would also not be subject to traditional state public utility regulation." This seems to us to be a sane ruling, especially as one digs more deeply into reports of what the ruling does - and does not - cover. In particular, the key point from the ruling seems to focus on E-911 regulations. As we've discussed extensively in this newsletter, one of the most difficult parts of even determining whether a given VoIP system is compliant with E-911 regulations is that many of these regulations vary significantly from state to state. This point seems to be especially important to Commissioner Abernathy, who in a separate statement expressed concern over "the prospect of subjecting providers of these innovative new services - which are being rolled out on a regional, national, and even global scale - to a patchwork of inconsistent state regulations." We hope this is a major step toward sane regulation. VoIP is an excellent example of a widespread problem: A great deal of the current legislation concerning technology was conceived (or, depending on your perspective, ill-conceived) based on technological concepts that are no longer meaningful. For instance, E-911 legislation is generally based on the concept, which was sound logic a few years ago, that a "telephone" is in a fixed location. Clearly, this is no longer the case. With most Internet-based VoIP services, there is essentially no connection between the physical location and the "calling number." Indeed, as the FCC press release states, "DigitalVoice customers can use their phones from a broadband connection anywhere in the world, making it difficult to determine whether a call is local, interstate or international in nature." We see the recent ruling as the tip of the coming iceberg. In particular, the list of issues, including taxation, that are explicitly excluded from this ruling is far-ranging. Nevertheless, it's an important indicator of probable future directions. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS FCC frees VoIP service from state regulation IDG News Service, 11/09/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1109fccfrees.html Residential VoIP? Check the E-911 capabilities Network World Convergence Newsletter, 08/02/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/nlconvergence829 More on limitations of E-911 for residential VoIP Network World Convergence Newsletter, 08/04/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/nlconvergence830 The Extended Enterprise Issue Network World, 11/15/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/ee/2004/ _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick Steve Taylor is President of Distributed Networking Associates and Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Webtorials.Com. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials.Com <http://www.webtorials.com/>, the first Web site dedicated exclusively to market studies and technology tutorials in the Broadband Packet areas of Frame Relay, ATM, and IP. He can be reached at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Larry Hettick an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in voice and data. He is currently Vice President for Wireline Solutions at Current Analysis, the leading competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Intel IT Productivity; Increasing ROI Learn how to effectively measure employee productivity, manage IT investments and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership in enterprise data management. Visit Intel's IT Productivity center. Click here to download white papers, books and IDC Research. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88402 _______________________________________________________________ ARCHIVE LINKS Archives of the Convergence newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/converg/index.html _______________________________________________________________ See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. What you don't know can hurt you. 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