FCC Considers Changes to Do-Not-Call Registry
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) December 4, 2007, seeking comments from interested parties on the question of whether to amend the FCC’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and more specifically, the extension of the National Do-Not-Call Registry registrations.
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FET's Long (Overdue) Goodbye
Good news and bad regarding taxes--first the good news, you won't pay federal excise tax on toll telephone service after July 31, 2006; the bad news is that you've been paying this tax for nearly half a century longer than you should have. The telephone federal excise tax was originally a luxury tax imposed on those who could then afford telephones (i.e., the rich) as a means of funding the six billion dollar price-tag for the Spanish-American war. Despite the fact the war ended nearly 108 years ago, the tax lived on resulting in taxpayer overpayment of approximately 294 billion dollars.
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FCC Considers Toughening Customer Privacy Rules
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2006 - In the wake of growing concerns among customers about the safety of their private information - termed CPNI ("customer proprietary network information") - kept or accessible by telecommunications carriers, the FCC is revisiting with renewed vigor the need for tougher privacy rules governing the handling of CPNI by carriers.
Posted By Alexandre B. Bouton In All Articles , Telecom
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COPEing With Digital Discrimination
Washington, DC., April 17, 2006. The Inernet has apparently hit the big-time. The days of a free, unregulated Internet are at risk of becoming a relic of the past as we (unknowingly) surfed into treacherous waters of bit discrimination; so much so that the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is considering introducing drafted legislation in a bill likely to be titled, the "Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006," or COPE in the current session. If enacted, the proposed legislation establishes, among other things, the assurance of net neutrality.
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