Recently, FCC Chairman Michael Powell spoke about the roles and responsibilities of both the consumers and the access service providers. I would like to think that my submission to the FCC VoIP forum played a role in this. This is part of what I wrote in there:
Restriction on ISPs and VoIP Service Providers
Not all VoIP architectures and protocols allow for such freedom. Service providers using these constraining architectures and protocols should not receive special treatment. Also it is critical that you ensure that all ISPs allow unfettered exchange of signaling messages and the media. This has two components. The signaling messages and media should not be blocked. More importantly, they should provide public (dynamic or static) IP addresses to their subscribers. Otherwise, even if VoIP service providers are unregulated, it is very easy to eliminate competition in the voice service provider market segment.
