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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/

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