Jeff Pulver Blog Proposes New Communications Declaration of Independence as We Enter the Dawn of the Internet Age

WebKnowHow
Monday, July 3, 2006; 09:06 AM

Internet Communications pioneer, Jeff Pulver, blogs in regards to the FCC's recent rulings on USF (Universal Service Fund) for the VoIP industry at the following URL: http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/004925.html.

States Pulver, "... in a monumental act of misdirection, the FCC released an Order making all prior regulations of VoIP (both Interconnected and potentially peer-to-peer) look like the innocuous musings of kindergarteners."

With tomorrow being the 4th of July, Pulver proposes, "And let's not forget that the Founders of American Democracy wrote the Declaration of Independence exactly 130 years ago and declared their independence from the tyranny of the old guard at the dawn of the Industrial Age. Well, perhaps we should be preparing our own Declaration of Independence as we enter the Dawn of the Internet Age and declare our independence from the tyranny of the new old guard."

Pulver's blog concludes with an initial summary of some very disturbing backward-looking conclusions in the FCC's USF for VoIP Order, including a requirement to have voice application providers pay into the Universal Service Fund at the highest rate of any service or application, while traditionally telecom transmission facilities and cable modem services are exempted. It does seem absurd that the nascent VoIP industry is now compelled to support continuation of narrowband services at the expense of deployment of broadband and advanced communications services and applications.

About Jeff Pulver's Blog
Pulver publishes a blog that offers unique insight into the state of the IP Communications industry. This blog, which is updated daily (and sometimes more often than that) addresses all-things-VoIP, from the technical (i.e., service and product innovations, extensions of concept) to the political (Governmental concerns, hearings and rulings, any and all issues-based subject matter). The Jeff Pulver Blog can be easily accessed at http://pulverblog.pulver.com/, and reader comments are welcome (and typically result in a speedy reply!)

About Jeff Pulver
Jeff Pulver is one of the true pioneers of the Internet telephony/VoIP industry with more than a decade of hands-on experience in IP Communications and innovation. He is the chairman of pulver.com, pulvermedia, the industry standard VON conferences, and the publisher of The Pulver Report and VON magazine. Additionally, Mr. Pulver is the founder of a number of IP Communications companies. Mr. Pulver has testified before the FCC, the United States Congress, and numerous agencies that have a growing interest in IP Communications. Mr. Pulver is committed to the future of IP Communications and is featured often in the media as a true expert in his field.