Re: potpourri (Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors )

[Adi Linden <adil () adis on ca>]

> Personally, I'm quite glad for government regulations
> regarding food safety, home inspection, and lots of
> other things which are safety related.  There are
> other restrictions which I'm not thrilled about, but I
> have yet to hear a compelling reason (which does not
> inherently boil down to a libertarian argument) to
> stop requiring that anything which defines itself as a
> phone-based voice service should have a working 911
> connection.  The VoIP companies currently call
> themselves "phone" companies, and by doing so, IMO,
> they open themselves to this level of regulation.

If VoIP companies are regulated into providing 911 service, minimum
availability standards, etc is one thing. Forcing anyone that might be
transporting VoIP into becoming a Telco is quite another...

Adi