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| FCC fine telco $15,000 for blocking Skype |
| Friday, March 04, 2005 at 16:00 by Kathleen Hill |
North Carolina based telephone company Madison River Communications have been fined $15,000 for blocking customers who used the Internet for free phone calls.
With a technology known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), anyone owing a computer equipped with a sound card and a broadband Internet connection can "dial" another similar computer user connected to the Internet and conduct free phone calls, anywhere in the world.
Skype Technologies are just one firm offering free calls using this very method.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Madison River Communications actively blocked users Internet connections from taking advantage of the VoIP technology.
Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC said,
"We saw a problem, and we acted swiftly to ensure that Internet voice service remains a viable option for consumers. The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation."
Along with the $15,000 settlement, Madison River Communications also agreed not block VoIP technologies in the future.
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| Take that!! Whoever thought I'd be cheering for the FCC... what a strange world we live in. |
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| nice going fcc ... I heard vonage was blocked also by a telco co. that sells broadband . |
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| no comments !! there is other programs also used for VoIP that means thay 'll going to block all this users whom use thos kind of programms !!
and for this "With a technology known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), anyone owing a computer equipped with a sound card and a broadband Internet connection can "dial" another similar computer user connected to the Internet and conduct free phone calls, anywhere in the world."
if we going to block or what ever this thing they try to find other things ,,,, so if they did means that tell mecrosoft or any Co when they will going to fix any PC they dont have to fix the sound card and make it more $$ expnsev ;)
that it
saif alrumaithy
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| I am a student down here in Saint Marteen at a school called AUC (American University of the Carribean). I tried to go to www.skype.com and found out that this site is being BLOCKed down here. I am not sure if it is the school that is doing this or the company providing the school the broadband service (in this case Caribserve), but this is a bit upsetting. I would love to be able to correct this poor decision. |
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| You just buy access to an anonymous server, then you can surf what ever site you like to! |
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