FCC: 'Pure' VoIP not a phone service
FCC: 'Pure' VoIP not a phone service | CNET News.com:
The FCC declared Thursday that VoIP calls not touching the telephone networks (internet end-to-end) are not subject to regulation as telephone calls.
In a significant limitation, the decision does not address whether traditional phone regulations might apply to VoIP services that interconnect with the traditional telephone system. As a result, the FCC's vote for now only applies to developers of VoIP applications similar to Pulver.com's Free World Dialup (FWD)--software that allows voice conversations to take place between computers, but not between computers and ordinary telephones.Get the full story here. --------
