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July 21, 2004
The Politics of VoIP: Update on the Sununu Bill
The most recent news I received from Washington this evening was from Jim Kohlenberger of the VON Coalition. Jim reports that there may be a new Sununu/Stevens three year moratorium alternative that will essentially replace the original Sununu bill.
Given the choice, the new Sununu/Stevens moratorium will be a much better alternative than the growing list of amendments and a
growing list of amendments to those amendments.
While everything can still change, the current draft of the new Sununu/Stevens moratorium generally would:
- Declare that VoIP regulation is under exclusive federal jurisdiction and will prevent states from regulating VoIP.
- Preserve a state's ability to generally protect consumers regarding doing business in a state.
- Define VoIP generally and maintains the original Sununu exclusion of phone to phone VoIP
Hopefully this will go forward as the preferred alternative bill.
Posted by jeff on July 21, 2004 11:12 PM | Permalink
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