FCC Says VoIP Must Pay Universal Access Fee

VoIP won't be so cheap anymore: the Federal Communication Commission has ordered Internet-based phone services to pay into the Universal Service Fund, just like "real" phone compani

The Federal Communication Commission has ruled (PDF) that companies which provide Internet-based telephony (VoIP) services must pay a portion of their revenue to the Universal Service Fund, which subsidized telephone and emergency services to low-income and rural areas, as well as communications and Internet access for hospitals, emergency services, schools, and libraries.

Under the interim regulations adopted by the FCC, interconnected VoIP providers

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  1. Anonymous at 10:10pm 15th March 2007 I have been using tringotel business line for the past few months. No major complaints about call quality.

    Lots of great features and very easy to customize. But, there is no way to set up multiple voicemail boxes. This is unfortunate because I have a partner. You can use an answering machine with multiple boxes instead, but all of the great Voip voicemail features (including. .wav messages to email) are lost. Lingo and vonage might have the same weakness.

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