We all need to do our part to make the ISPs accountable for their actions. If 3rd party VoIp carries are to compete in a jungle of greed they need our support to make sure ISPs don't screw with the infrastructure we need for reliable service. My dad's Charter phone service was down for hours and never a peep from the FCC. Lets all do our part and not let the ISPs play us and 3rd party VoIp providers like chess pieces. :(
The FCC voted unanimously Wednesday to apply its outage reporting requirements to interconnected VoIP service in an effort to ensure greater reliability of 911 phone service, regardless of the technology used. But the commission will not extend outage reporting more generally to broadband Internet service outages, as it had proposed.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said Wednesday the commission would work with the industry to come up with a voluntary way to keep track of those Internet service outages as well.
Commissioner Robert McDowell suggested it was just as well the FCC did not try to require the latter, since he said it does not have that the regulatory authority over the Internet.
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association had opposed extending the outage requirements to VoIP....
....The FCC also voted unanimously to establish a consistent regulatory approach to reining in telemarketing calls and texts (so-called robocalls) to both wired and wireless phones, including requiring written consent of the subject of those calls, giving them an easy opt-out during a call, and clarifying that computer calls or text like usage reports or school closings would not be affected. Written consent can include web site forms and e-mail.....
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/480606-FCC_Votes_to_Require_VoIP_Outage_Reporting.php?