Simon; > Voice over IP is paradoxically both internet and telephony at the same > time. This article presents the paradox, and associated arguments. There is no paradox. The internet carries information. You should, at least, distinguish VoIP as a telephone network and the Internet telephony. In Japan, TAs to connect the Internet and POTS telephone devices are rapidly replacing the telephone network including VoIP ones. > a. VoIP is telephony and should be regulated. > > b. VoIP is internet and should not be regulated. Why, do you think, the Internet without voice should not be regulated? It is. Paradoxical reguration on voice in US is a US local issue. Masataka Ohta