[antidote] Re: Yet another change of heart: Powell Opposes Internet Phone Regulation
- From: jim rogers <jimorogers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: antidote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:17:57 -0800 (PST)
BINGO!
You got it, Dan.
--- Daniel Berninger <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Powell doth protests too much, methinks.
> Christopher Stern is always too
> interested in pleasing Powell.
>
> Does Powell embrace status quo non-regulation of
> VoIP? - No.
>
> Does Powell embrace full common carrier like
> regulation of VoIP? - No.
>
> Does Powell favor some regulation of VoIP - Yes.
>
> This breaks a 30 year policy of non-regulation
> without anyone showing the
> reality of negative effects.
>
> This embraces a regulatory approach without anyone
> showing the positive
> contribution of regulations.
>
> Regulations arose in telecom as a check to market
> power of the monopoly.
> The VoIP players have no market power.
>
> Powell will pull VoIP into the Universal Service
> Program for starters. The
> USP does little beyond serving ILEC profits.
> Telephone penetration in the
> US reached 90% in 1972 and progressed only to 94% by
> 2002 after 30 years.
> Price reductions in the competitive areas of the
> value chain accomplished
> far more than the USP. The ILEC price increases
> tended to wipe out price
> reductions by IXC's.
>
> Computing would remain out of reach for folks if we
> had attempted to
> subsidize mainframes as the means to achieve
> affordability.
>
> The public interest and social progress goals would
> be much better served if
> the FCC maintained a non-regulatory approach.
>
> USP represents the thin edge of the wedge for the
> main game - ILEC desire to
> get access fees.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Fast Horse"
> <vjfasthorse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Antidote (E-mail)" <antidote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:36 PM
> Subject: [antidote] Yet another change of heart:
> Powell Opposes Internet
> Phone Regulation
>
>
> >
> > Here's the latest in VoIP news....
> > Powell Opposes Internet Phone Regulation
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Having a Change of Heart, Powell Said to Now Favor
> Regulation of VoIP
> > http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1069349769.htm
> >
> >
> > If any of this makes sense to you, please let me
> know....
> >
> > Valerie Fast Horse
>
>
>
>
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