Quote:Probably because that language can be used to set up legions of parasite companies. What I mean is that I can go make a company that sits on the internet without adding any substantial resources, and make money by charging people to use their services, on the budget of the consumer and the telecoms.
Unfortunately, the language I want has already been shot down in the House Energy and Commerce committee.
With that language I can literally make a program allows a person to sell their own internet phone service... and never buy any equipment to speak of. Sure a few computers... but no lines or anything. Your now dealing with hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of microproviders that sell you a phone service over the internet. They only have to the buy bandwidth.
Basically the theoretical program is one that uses the microproviders miniservice to piggy back on the big telecoms internet phone service. This means that the one internet phone they have is used as a jump point for their own microservice unlimited calls you see. This one big telecom internet phone line is providing 15-30 people with internet phone for a third of the price everything past the first 3 people is profit. Business costs are dumped on the big telecoms. So their internet phone costs go up. So the big telecoms raise the phone fees or another fee or just soak it. If the price goes up the microprovider raises his own fees a bit or keeps them the same and adds more people. The problem is always the fault of the big telecom and the little guy causing the problem is the solution.
Granted this is all theoretical and the details of exactly how a bit sketchy, but under your language I or you could do this with large numbers of other people legally. Thats the problem with legalese one slip up and you leave a loophole. Even a small loophole used correctly can have major consequences. This is what came to me in 5 minutes. Imagine the damage with people better at weaseling then me on this loophole.
Thanks for actually providing an answer though.