Thursday, April 1, 2004

Proposed VoIP Legislation Aims to Clarify Status

Senator John Sununu (R-NH) and Congressman Chip Pickering (R-MS) introduced a bill aimed at encouraging the growth of VoIP by definitively classifying it as an information service and limiting potential state regulations. The bill has three key provisions:

  • Treat VoIP as an information service in order to help establish a level playing field for all forms of data


  • Establish federal jurisdiction over VoIP applications.


  • Protect VoIP data from federal and state taxation.
http://www.sununu.senate.gov/