Costa Rica May Criminalize VoIP

[Zscoundrel]

Interesting.  If they are successful, we will see a lot more of this in 
the backwards-assed nations.  A large number of second and third world 
governments (and some of the goofier ones in Europe) own the phone 
systems and use them as revenue centers.   It is really a form of hidden 
taxation and in most cases it is illegal to do anything that would 
impact this income. 

It is a stupid move by short sighted bureaucrats to protect a lucritive 
income stream.  Kind of like the move in this country to stop the 
importation of low priced pharmicueticals and beef from Canada.  If it 
is bad for the status quo and good for the people - it must be bad and 
therefor we must pass a law to criminalize it. (And that of course will 
create an additional revenue stream in fines and court costs!)

Brian Kelsay wrote:

>http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/28/2231247&tid=215&tid=95&tid=17
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>Is Greg Kedrovsky still there or amI confused and it's Puerto Rico and someone else in the group?  I really should sleep more.
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