1996-03-09 - re: FCC & Internet phones

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From: “Mark M.” <markm@voicenet.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 76358ac501d05e49d32548ec8879d4f38c643b303c8028f0a8ffff07d40b19a9
Message ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960309173236.108A-100000@gak>
Reply To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309104642.19290A-100000@infinity.c2.org>
UTC Datetime: 1996-03-09 23:01:27 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 07:01:27 +0800

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From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 07:01:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: re: FCC & Internet phones
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960309104642.19290A-100000@infinity.c2.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960309173236.108A-100000@gak>
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On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Just Rich wrote:

> There's also an article in today's San Jose Mercury News.
> 
> I'm just wondering how the hell they would enforce regulations on carrying
> voice over the Internet. Are they going to analyze every packet? What
> happens when someone makes a trivial modification to the code, or adds a
> gateway, so that the voice call uses a different UDP (or more likely RTP)
> port and header format? 

I wonder what exactly the FCC means by the term "Internet Phone."  Does this
just mean that software like IPhone will be regulated, or will this also apply
to RealAudio and sending uuencoded .WAV files through e-mail.  Also, will
this regulation apply to video and audio software like CuSeeMe and Mbone
software?

- --Mark

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