Daily VoIP Links for 2006-06-23
- [Daily post from my people] Video Stars: The Jeff Pulver "Save the Net" Contest
"This week, Jeff Pulver announced the winners of his Save the Net video contest. We’re very pleased to announce that we made the list of the 'top runners-up.'"
"So begins Tim Berners-Lee’s short piece arguing for net neutrality. He applies
Occam’s Razor to the arguments being made by the big media companies, and service providers, finds them wanting, and reduces the case for net neutrality to this simple statement."
"Internet phone calls have been cheaper than regular landline calls until now. But those bills may rise after the FCC approved a new plan today to fund phone subsidies."
"This is sleazy stuff, and it forms the real basis for being concerned about the games the network owners would play if free to play games. The really striking part of this (to me, a constitutionalist) is how the legislative branch keeps passing laws that the executive branch just ignores. And why ignore the laws? Corporate influence. That’s what this case reeks of."
"Well, the FCC voted unanimously yesterday to require all voice over Internet Protocol services that connect to the public-switched telephone network (PSTN) to contribute to the Universal Service Fund."
"This fee, which was originally designed to tax the access lines of the cities in order to provide access for the rural areas, is supposed to apply to the LINES in service, not to the voice application itself."
"Tim Berners-Lee simplifies the yowling in Washington about Net Neutrality."
"No, seriously – a dog dialed 911 and saved someone’s life."