] On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is set ] to consider approving a notice of proposed rulemaking, ] the first step in a lengthy process of writing ] regulations for Internet-based phone services. The ] commission is also set to issue a final decision on a ] petition by one of the new Internet phone companies, ] Pulver.com, which has asked the commission to rule that ] it does not need to pay interconnection access fees to ] phone companies for any calls made and received between ] computers through Internet connections. What a mess! I'm sure we can count on the FCC to screw this one up too, just like everything else they touch... |