Well, whether VoIP is another telephone service and should be treated and regarded as such is a question of debate, but one thing is for sure- VoIP has passed the government test of applications that are here to stay and therefore need to be regulated.

It is amazing to me that the FCC hadn’t stepped in earlier to regulate VoIP, but I guess that is due to the amazing way VoIP slowly made its way into mainstream homes and began unplugging telephone wires in homes across the country.

Beginning on the Internet, it was quite phenomenal that people could use their Internet service to make long distance phone calls. Communications is changing the way people relate on a global level, and it seems that the future may lead to some sort of global governing body to regulate and monitor it- or maybe that will be saved for dictator’s and fascist dreams, but up until now, people have enjoyed the unlimited freedom, not only in price but in communications that are allowed by the Internet.

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