VoIP Legal Status Worldwide? 180
Cigarra writes "There was much public debate going on during the last several months here in Paraguay, regarding the 'liberation of Internet,' that is, the lifting of the restriction on ISPs to connect directly to international carriers. Up until this week, they were forced to hire wholesale service from the State run telco, Copaco. During the last month, when the new regulation was almost ready, the real reason supporting the monopoly made it to the headlines: Copaco would fight for the monopoly, fearing VoIP based telephony. Finally, the regulator Conatel resolved today to end the monopoly, but a ruling on VoIP legal status was postponed for 'further study.' I guess this kind of 'problem' arose almost everywhere else in the world, so I ask the international slashdotters crowd: what is VoIP's legal status in your country / state / region? How well did incumbent telcos adapt to it, and overall, just how disruptive was this technology to established operators?"
Re:Past tense of "arise" is "arose" (Score:2, Funny)
The past tense of "arise" is "arose". Like rice.
Roce?
Re:Past tense of "arise" is "arose" (Score:1, Funny)
The past tense of rice is poo.
Re:Legal vs Allowed (Score:3, Funny)
If you think the big lobby groups are any less powerful just because of a change in party or person in the president's chair then you're deluding yourself.
The real enemies of society are the interests represented by the powerful lobby groups. Not some guy sitting in an oval office.
I seem to recall Obama being in favor of reducing the power and influence of lobbyists on political decisions.
I'm not overly naive, but it might just be possible (maybe!) that you'll (meaning we'll) see some real change.
Re:Illegal in India (Score:3, Funny)
Tell that to the people involved in the Manhattan Project.