VoIP on the defensive - beware!

As I logged in this morning, and reviewed the numerous feeds I have setup on google, there was an obvious theme. VoIP and specifically VoIP as an application on the Internet is under assault. Here are some of the headlines I am referring to:

From Jeff Pulver's Blog:

Heard around the Blogosphere: Coverage of COMPTEL v. FCC (Challenge of FCC’s Internet Wiretapping Rules)

pulver.com Joins Public Interest and BusinesFs Groups to Challenge FCC¹s Internet Wiretapping Rules:

FCC Digs Hole by Redefining Telecom Services; Buries Internet. It is now our job to dig us out.

From Susan Crawford's Blog:

CALEA suits filed

CALEA and must-carry

From the O'Reilly Radar:
Facing the Real VoIP Challenge

The VoIP Backlash by Steve Cherry - I read that deep-packet inspection vendor Narus has announced a way for broadband carriers to detect and block skype calls.

As I was scrolling down through all this dismal mess, at the bottom of the page was Google's quote of the day:

Quote of the Day

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
- Thomas Jefferson

CALEA FCC VoIP skype