Ever since 2004, when the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) pre-empted 50 U.S. states from regulating Vonage, the Voip industry has been crossing its fingers and hoping that things would stay that way - but knowing that at some point, sometime, the regulations would have to change.
For the past few years the Voice over IP world has seen more and more regulations creeping in, to the point where 2012 now looks certain to be the busiest year of regulatory changes yet.
Since the introduction of the 'interconnected Voip service' regulations, providers of this service have found themselves hit with an array of FCC regulatory requirements, to the point where today, two-way Voice over IP providers face a nearly identical set of regulations as their analogue based brothers.
In 2012 the US Congress further signalled their intentions to codify the contribution duties of interconnected as well as non-interconnected Voip providers with the introduction of the '21st Century Video and Communications Act'.
The term 'Interconnected Voip Service' was originally defined by the FCC in 2004 in three main parts; (a) it requires a broadband connection from the users' location, (b) it enables real-time, two-way voice communications, and (c) it requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment.
In the years since this definition, the FCC has been debating whether it should be updated to allow for changes in technology, such as specifying an 'internet connection' as opposed to a 'broadband connection' and 'connectivity' as the ability to connect calls to U.S. E.164 numbers instead of PSTN.
Whatever regulations are deemed fit to be introduced and modified in the coming months, the debate over Voice over IP technology is going to continue for many years to come, as the technology improves and the goalposts that define what is and is not relevant to Voip systems continue to move.
But despite a potentially uncertain future regarding how the systems are regulated, one thing is for sure; this technology is not going away. So do yourself a favour and choose a service provider that has a proven track record and is ITSPA registered such as VoIPDito.
For the past few years the Voice over IP world has seen more and more regulations creeping in, to the point where 2012 now looks certain to be the busiest year of regulatory changes yet.
Since the introduction of the 'interconnected Voip service' regulations, providers of this service have found themselves hit with an array of FCC regulatory requirements, to the point where today, two-way Voice over IP providers face a nearly identical set of regulations as their analogue based brothers.
In 2012 the US Congress further signalled their intentions to codify the contribution duties of interconnected as well as non-interconnected Voip providers with the introduction of the '21st Century Video and Communications Act'.
The term 'Interconnected Voip Service' was originally defined by the FCC in 2004 in three main parts; (a) it requires a broadband connection from the users' location, (b) it enables real-time, two-way voice communications, and (c) it requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment.
In the years since this definition, the FCC has been debating whether it should be updated to allow for changes in technology, such as specifying an 'internet connection' as opposed to a 'broadband connection' and 'connectivity' as the ability to connect calls to U.S. E.164 numbers instead of PSTN.
Whatever regulations are deemed fit to be introduced and modified in the coming months, the debate over Voice over IP technology is going to continue for many years to come, as the technology improves and the goalposts that define what is and is not relevant to Voip systems continue to move.
But despite a potentially uncertain future regarding how the systems are regulated, one thing is for sure; this technology is not going away. So do yourself a favour and choose a service provider that has a proven track record and is ITSPA registered such as VoIPDito.
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Saul Saresi writes regularly about Voip systems and technology for his website which can be found here asterisk previous examples of his research and writing can also be found here business telephone system
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