While the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mulls over what to do about services for making phone calls on the Internet, two legislators have decided that the U.S. Congress should get into the act. Sen. John Sununu (R-New Hampshire) and Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Mississippi) have filed bills in their respective legislative branches to place regulatory control of Voice over IP (VoIP) technology squarely under the federal government.
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Bills Filed To Regulate VoIP
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 13, 2004 07:48 AMWhile the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mulls over what to do about services for making phone calls on the Internet, two legislators have decided that the U.S. Congress should get into the act. Sen. John Sununu (R-New Hampshire) and Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Mississippi) have filed bills in their respective legislative branches to place regulatory control of Voice over IP (VoIP) technology squarely under the federal government.