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What’S The Hang Up? The Future Of Voip Regulation And Taxation In New Hampshire, Kate Winstanley
What’S The Hang Up? The Future Of Voip Regulation And Taxation In New Hampshire, Kate Winstanley
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
Alice in Austria wishes to call her friend Bob in Boston, using a Boston area code to avoid charges for an international call. Using VoIP, Alice may initiate her call from any location in Austria where she may find Internet access. Once Alice connects to the Internet, she can transmit her call with the aid of a VoIP service provider, such as Skype. In order to hear and communicate with Bob, Alice can rely on a microphone and a headset that she can plug into her computer. Through VoIP, not only may Alice carry on a telephone conversation, but most …
The Crtc's Enforcement Of Canada's Broadcast Legislation: 'Concern', 'Serious Concern' And 'Grave Concern', Monica Auer
The Crtc's Enforcement Of Canada's Broadcast Legislation: 'Concern', 'Serious Concern' And 'Grave Concern', Monica Auer
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
This paper describes results from a quantitative study of the enforcement by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or Commission) over the last several decades of Canada’s broadcasting legislation and its own regulations. Established by Parliament in 1968, the CRTC is a quasi-judicial regulatory agency that administers Canada’s Broad- casting Act, 1991 as well as the nation’s telecommunications legislation. Parliament has accorded the CRTC a broad range of discretionary powers over broadcast licensees, from granting, denying or revoking licences, to issuing mandatory orders. It is one of many federal regulatory agencies that administer and enforce Parliament’s legislation.