Kentucky Legislators and the Great Move Towards VoIP

January 19, 2013

According to a recent article in Business First, the state of Kentucky may soon see some significant changes in state telecom laws as a result of an initiative spearheaded by AT&T Kentucky. AT&T Kentucky wants to change an old law that

FCC Proposes “Outage Rules”

May 26, 2011

The FCC is moving ahead to expand its reporting obligations for telecommunications outages. One of the many things the FCC is concerned about with respect to reporting outages is protecting consumers who are dialing 911. The FCC proposed to expand

Is China Really Going to Crack Down on VoIP?

January 07, 2011

Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Industry issued a notice calling they will begin cracking down and ban "illegal VoIP" phone services in China. The announcement, which many believe is designed to protect the interests of State-owned

New Net Neutrality Rules Will have a Negative Impact

November 02, 2010

The Federal Communications Commission is poised to impose new rules on the Internet using an outdated regulatory regime originally designed for the monopoly telephone system of the 1930s. We can’t let this happen.  Call, e-mail or write your

Congress Passes Law Banning Caller ID Spoofing

April 15, 2010

Caller ID Spoofing is when the Caller ID you see on an incoming call is not actually the phone number or company name associated with the caller's telephone. There are a lot of legitimate reasons caller ID's are spoofed, for example a large

FCC Increases Universal Service Fund Rate to 15.3%

March 29, 2010

The FCC has announced an increase in the Federal Universal Service Fund (USF) Assessment rate to 15.3% effective this quarter. The USF rate is up from 14.1% last quarter and up from 9% a few years ago.The Federal Government wants companies to be tax

Top 10 questions on the FCC’s national broadband plan

March 28, 2010

Top 10 questions on the FCC's national broadband planNow that you’ve spent the weekend (so splendid weather-wise in Washington) studying the national broadband plan, we ask: what next?We’ll spend the week exploring the many questions that arise

Porting Your Phone Numbers – Its Your Right

February 17, 2010

Telecom Act of 1996 Made This Your Right Under the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) “local number portability

AT&T asks FCC to set deadline to end landlines

January 26, 2010

Posted By AVAD Hosted VoIP PBX Business EditorVoIP is set to take over the phone system networkAT&T rang in the new year with a special request for the FCC to set a deadline to end landline voice networks. This was in response to the FCC asking

Why we should care about Net Neutrality

November 19, 2009

I came across a great article on Broadsoft's blog about Net Neutrality.  There is a huge power struggle going on between the companies that provide internet service and companies that provide services that require the internet.Voice over IP