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Congress Proposes Tax on all Net, Data Connections

January 1, 2005

A report prepared by the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation proposes extending a 100-year-old tax on phone service to some or all data connections. The tax originated in 1898 to pay for the …

FCC asked to bar cellular carriers from blocking SMS traffic

December 11, 2007

A handful of public-interest groups have filed a petition (PDF) with the Federal Communications Commission asking it to prevent cellular service providers from blocking text messages from adv…

FCC Chief Backs Net Phone Taxes

January 1, 2005

Chairman Kevin Martin said that imposing new taxes on more Internet phone users will probably be a priority next year for the FCC. The issue arose with regard to the Universal Service Fund (USF), w…

Going VoIP

September 4, 2007

"IHEs are at different points when it comes to VoIP, but many see the same benefits, and face the same challenges." "IHEs are at d…

Missed Connections

January 1, 2007

Landlines are increasingly unused on college campuses. Does this have to mean revenue has gone missing as well? Landlines are increasingly unused on co…

Telecommunications: Can Cisco Answer the Call?

January 1, 2004

John Chambers' voice-over-Internet strategy may finally see success on higher education campuses, but campus administators are now scrutinizing the pros and cons—and Cisco's competition…

Telecommunications: VoIP is for Victory

January 1, 2005

Voice over the Internet Protocol may now seem ubiquitous but some schools are definitely doing it better than others. Voice over the Internet Protocol …