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Breaking News:Powell Calls for Federal VoIP Rule 10/19/04 - BOSTON -- The federal government must have regulatory authority over VoIP (define) if the technology is to develop quickly and uniformly in the United States, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell said today. ( Another 2 links: FCC chief pushes to protect Net phone services & FCC Chair Advocates Hands-Off Approach to VoIP ) FCC Rules To Allow Broadband via Power Lines 10/18/04 - The Federal Communications
Commission has made changes to its regulations that will allow power
companies to provide broadband services over electric lines. That may
help make broadband access possible in rural areas and small towns where
cable and DSL are not available. Over the last 10 years, the average cost of staying connected to friends and family abroad has dropped. In 1992, an international call from the U.S. cost an average of $1.00 per minute. By 2002, that price dropped to $0.26. Currently rates are even lower. But calls to mobile phones abroad can be much higher. Some foreign mobile phone companies charge an extra fee to terminate calls on their networks and U.S. long-distance phone companies pass that fee on to U.S. callers in the form of a "mobile surcharge." Depending on the country called, these surcharges can be as high as 20 - 30 cents per minute. There are now over a hundred routes on which mobile surcharges apply. Many U.S. callers may not even be aware that they are calling a foreign mobile number and are incurring surcharges each minute that they are on the line. Read our Consumer Commentary at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/consumercomment.html for information on making your comments heard on this issue. September 27, 2004: FCC Consumer Information Newsletter Did you know there are many different types of broadband access technologies, such as cable, DSL, powerline, satellite, and wireless? Wireless networks can cover wide geographic areas efficiently, providing the first available broadband service, or a competitive service, into many communities. Networks of varying sizes can be deployed in places where it would be prohibitively expensive to run wires. Because trenches do not have to be dug, there may be less overall disruption and visual impact to communities. Particularly for rural areas, wireless technologies may enable less burdensome service at lower cost. Wireless also has opportunities for mobile uses that other technologies do not. Read more about Wireless Broadband at:
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