<![CDATA[Vonage says broadband provider blocks its calls | CNET News.com:
Vonage recently met with Federal Communications Commission representatives, said Vonage spokeswoman Brooke Schulz, to discuss an instance of “egregious, alarming and harmful port blocking.” Port blocking is when Internet providers prevent traffic of certain kinds from traveling through their Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
This is inauspicious news for telephone customers, though obviously timed for the same day that the last lines between local and national carriers were erased by the Verizon-MCI deal….]]>