Powell Highlights Voip And Wireless...

[HolyMoly]

Michael K. Powell, FCC chairman, gave a speech yesterday to the National Press Club. I watched part of it on CSPAN and got the distinct impression, watching his "attitude," that attempt to regulate VOIP will meet with a frosty reception. But, the speech talks about a lot more than VOIP ... including his own vision of a wireless broadband world (BPL ... which scares the beejeezuz out of a lot of people).

Here's the text of the speech.

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CNet posted this today:

Update: FCC urged to make call on VoIP rule

Last modified: January 29, 2004, 1:31 PM PST

By Ben Charny

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

An influential congressman on Thursday urged federal regulators to come to a quick decision about whether people making long-distance calls over Internet Protocol networks should pay connection fees to local telephone companies.

For more info, read here:

http://news.com.com/2100-7352_3-5150340.html?tag=nefd_top