Quote:A noble enough goal... I just think that most of that is covered by preexisting legislation.
I want language to prevent this "we own these roads, so you can only drive on them in our cars" kind of network segmentation.
In the scenario, VOIP company B is having its call quality damaged specifically by ISP C. However, in this scenario I'm going to have assume that VOIP companies F, H, and J on IPSes E, G, and I respectively are having no problems with calls to VOIP B. In this case ISP C is doing something already illegal. Laws exist to sue/fine them for their business practices. It is just the same scenario of Cellphone company K and Cellphone company L if they are in the the same scenario. So pre-existing laws cover this. The telecoms are only leasing/renting their internet power, not buying it. Federal laws still exist and apply.
If however the VOIP company B is having the issues with VOIP companies across the board... you have two different scenarios. Either a legitimate conspiracy is occurring, and current laws can be sicked on the companies or because VOIP B has managed to tick off every other service provider and gets the same treatment from all of them, because of this. In the second part VOIP B is the one with this issues. Perhaps VOIP B is cutting the quality for the other companies incoming calls, in which case VOIP B is at fault.
These scenarios are covered by preexisting laws. So restating it in this particular bill seem redundant.