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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs. The decision is considered critical to the future development of the emerging Voice over IP industry, which hopes to avoid negotiating rates with 50 separate state […]

SMBs looking to cut costs have replaced — or are considering replacing — traditional telephone service with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Now, in what appears to good news for IP vendors and SMBs, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department strongly deny they are considering an excise tax on Internet telephone calls or […]

Small business owners interested in less government interference and fewer taxes will be glad to hear that state regulatory agencies would have no authority to regulate or tax communication services delivered over the Internet, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone traffic, under legislation proposed Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The authors of […]

President Bush and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry may have sharp differences in their views on foreign policy and the economy, but when it comes to technology issues, the two hold remarkably similar views. Both men propose plans that benefit small business growth. On Thursday, Kerry unveiled a technology plan designed to promote universal […]

Looking to bring more broadband services to a town near you, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to allow unlicensed wireless devices to operate at higher power in the 3650 Megahertz (MHz) band. The FCC’s decision has the potential to extend a swath of Wi-Fi devices that work between the existing 2.4 Gigahertz (GHz) […]

The two powerful federal agencies empowered as the whip hand of the Can Spam Act began the process Thursday of fully implementing the United States’ first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail. Since the Can Spam Act became effective on Jan. 1, it has been criticized as ineffective in slowing junk e-mail. But […]

A federal district judge has permanently barred two Chicago area residents from participating in Internet auctions. The injunction sought by the internetnews.com.

President George W. Bush signed a landmark anti-spam bill into law Tuesday, setting into motion the first national standards for sending bulk unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). Bush signed the bill ahead of a planned event with Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris, who was slated to appear in a “Ask the White House” online discussion […]

Congress will be focused on taking care of end-of-year spending bills when it returns to work this week, as well as putting finishing touches on the Can Spam Act of 2003. Dubbed the most significant Internet-related legislation so far by the 108th Congress, the bill awaits “technical corrections” in the House before it can be […]

U.S. Senate leaders remain divided over the duration of the next moratorium and the definitions of Internet access but, despite strong support in Congress to extend the ban either temporarily or permanently, the disagreements are likely to delay any legislation on the measure until mid-January at the earliest. On Sept. 1, the U.S. House of […]

The U.S. Senate formally approved the negotiated House-Senate version of the Can Spam Act Tuesday afternoon, unanimously approving the nation’s first national anti-spam legislation. The legislation now returns to the U.S. House, where passage is expected in early December, to reconcile “technical” differences. Saturday morning the House approved a modified version of the anti-spam legislation […]

The U.S. Senate expects to pass before Thanksgiving the House anti-spam bill, which would lead to the creation of the first national law aimed at slowing the glut of unsolicited commercial e-mail. The White House indicated over the weekend President Bush will sign the bill and its effective date will be Jan. 1, 2004. That […]