From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 11:28:15 +0800
To: rich@c2.org
Subject: Re: FCC & Internet phones
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From:	IN%"rich@c2.org"  "Just Rich"  9-MAR-1996 15:03:20.78

>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 believe the companies are mainly worried about other companies doing
such phone service, not about the individual. However, they may also go after
those selling equipment (inc. programs) for such competition.
	-Allen