   Telecom Policy ArchiveJanuary 31, 2006News From the Evil Parallel Universe EFF Chair
Brad Templeton--or rather his evil twin--explains how CALEA wiretapping regulations will be a boon to incumbent telcos, and a marvelous disaster for new entrants into world of telephony.
August 01, 2005Solution to Government Inefficiencies: More Red Tape
Senator Ensign introduces a bill that would make muni broadband more, not less, complicated to get right.
May 31, 2005Texas Municipal Wi-Fi Saved!
SaveMuniWireless, a coalition of public interest groups including EFF-Austin and Common Cause, succeeded in stopping heavily lobbied legislation that would have placed heavy regulatory restrictions on city-funded wireless.
May 04, 2005Cliffs Notes for the Future of Telecom Law
Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn gave a talk on the forthcoming Telecommunications Act; here are Derek Slater's crib notes.
Which Rules Rule VoIP?
The ongoing wrangle among the FCC, the DoJ, and the courts about the legal status of Net phone service providers takes another twist, with a Texas bankruptcy court finding that VoIP is more like an information service than a telecommunications service. Does that mean VoIP will evade wiretap regulations? The battle's far from over.
March 30, 2005FCC Leaving No Monopoly Behind
Only days before the Supreme Court reviewed the FCC's position vis-a-vis cable monopolies, the Commission blocked several states from requiring that telephone companies allow competition on DSL lines.
Justices Like the Look of Brand X?
The Supreme Court seemed open to the idea that cable monopolies shouldn't close their networks to independent Internet service providers.
March 09, 2005Kenyan VoIP Ban Lifted by Court
The state-owned Telkom Kenya was ordered to restore the service offered by a private company and was blasted for being anticompetitive.
March 02, 2005Costa Rica to Outlaw VoIP?
That's what the state-owned telephone monopoly wants the country to do.
January 11, 20058th Circuit: VoIP Can't Be Regulated as Phone Service
This trend may help infant services like Vonage and Skype compete with monster telcos.
October 05, 2004That Sounds Awesome
Pardon us, but we're in full geek-out mode over the setup that Robert Cringely describes in his latest column: a whole block running VoIP, Internet, and MythTV off the servers in one guy's basement. Plus, it's all legal in Canada!
July 14, 2004NH Stays Chat Tax After Public OutcryJuly 13, 2004Tithing Lines, Taxing Chat
New Hampshire may tax a range of Internet services from chat rooms to voice-over-IP telephony. About that "live free" stuff...
July 07, 2004VoIP Running the Regulatory Gauntlet
The budding Internet telephony industry is under a number of government microscopes. Declan McCullagh wonders if it will survive the scrutiny.
June 14, 2004Some Libraries Pass on Cash-for-Censorware Program
Libraries that accept certain types of federal funds are unfortunately obligated to install "filtering" software on Net-connected PCs. Now, however, some are refusing this funding because the software too often blocks innocuous sites and is a hassle to maintain.
June 07, 2004To Cut or to Keep the FCC
That is the question posed by Declan McCullagh in this essay.
April 13, 2004FCC Taking TV Down the Tubes
Public Knowledge's Gigi Sohn with a great editorial on (some of) what's wrong with the FCC's approach to regulation.
Cable Decision Held Until Supremes Weigh In
The FCC and cable ISPs are appealing the 9th Circuit loss that would have forced cable companies to open up to competition.
April 08, 2004Broad Coalition Asks FCC to Leave VoIP Alone
The group focused on economic arguments, opting not to comment on the FBI's request for surveillance access in VoIP services.
Canada Moves Toward VoIP Regulation
Our northern neighbors don't have a CALEA-styled surveillance future hanging in the balance, but they nevertheless want more control over the services.
April 01, 2004FCC Loses Bid to Call Cable "Information Services"
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