For over 100 years, the FCC has been governing and regulating telecommunications. From establishing central 911 systems, to governing what is legal and illegal activity handled upon telephone wires, the FCC has been setting federal rules and laws in place and keeping telephony working to the best advantage for all citizens.

Now, here comes VoIP to throw the FCC threw a loop. Because the very nature of VoIP is contradictory to the very nature of the PSTN (the public switched telephone network that we have all used and loved) VoIP has managed to slip through the FCC cracks and appear on the American market and subsequently in people’s homes, before even being determined to be a state, local, or federal entity.

Up to now, state and local laws were handling VoIP issues, but with the onset of the issue of VoIP users not being able to access the emergency 911 systems database, the FCC has stepped up the quest to regulate VoIP and categorize as it should be- a telephone service.

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