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Are ISPs Blocking VoIP Calls?

Jack Decker (jack-yahoogroups@withheld)
Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:29:07 -0500

http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3485271

By Roy Mark

Internet telephony companies Vonage and Nuvio have turned to federal
authorities with their complaints that some broadband providers are
blocking or degrading their Voice over IP (define) services.

Last week, the Edison, N.J.-based Vonage confirmed it had met with the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the problem, but
stressed today it had filed no formal complaint.

"There was one malicious, intentional incidence of port blocking,"
Brooke Schulz, Vonage's senior vice president of corporate
communications, said Wednesday. "We've had initial meetings [with the
FCC] to discuss our options."

The Vonage meeting with FCC officials came almost six months after
Kansas City-based Nuvio sent a letter to the FCC accusing unnamed
broadband providers of engaging in discriminatory practices by
blocking Nuvio VoIP calls.

"In each case, they [the broadband providers] had their own VoIP
service," said Jason Talley, president and CEO of Nuvio.

Full story at:
http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3485271

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http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html

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