Friday, April 23, 2004

Web Exclusives
Boucher at breakfast

4.21.04 | Doug Mohney

VON Magazine :: Web Exclusives :: Boucher at breakfast:

In a wide-ranging set of comments given at a breakfast session of the Broadband Summit (http://broadbandsummit.com) on April 20, Congressman Rick Boucher (VA) shared his views on a range of telecom topics, including facilitating widespread broadband deployment, rural broadband, and revisions to the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
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Boucher didn't want to see VoIP burdened with unnecessary regulation and predicated within a few years the technology would enable "unlimited telephone service" at a flat rate, including international calls. However, VoIP providers should pay access charges when VoIP calls cross over into the public switched phone network and contribute to the Universal Service Fund.

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