Next year may be a big one for regulation of VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) in the U.S according to some speakers at the [i]Voice on the Net[/i] (VON) conference in Santa Clara, California this week.
[blockquote]At issue is how governments should treat VOIP, which is a data packet technology but to the customer looks like a voice product and thus a possible replacement for traditional circuit-switched phone service. Phone service is subject to a number of federal and state regulations and taxes that may or may not be appropriate for offerings based on the new technology. Among the issues are access charges paid to carriers for using their infrastructure, fees to support universal access to phone service, emergency 911 service, access for the disabled, and support for law enforcement wiretaps.
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