I was not a member of the commission when the initial decision on voice-over-Internet protocol was made, but I've read the decision. The commission at that time asked itself, is voice-over-Internet protocol a new service, or is it a new technological fashion of delivering an old service to local telephony? It concluded the second, and it said that given that it was sold as local telephony, that it was understood by the customer to be local telephony, that it was, as it were, transparent to the customer--who picked up the phone and dialed it exactly the same way and got the same kind of service with possibly some additional features--then, to the extent it was offered by the former monopolies, it should be regulated as local telephone service. That was the initial VOIP decision, for the reason I've stated.
There have been two or three subsequent chapters. I don't know if you want to go through them. The basic premise was at that time—we're talking two and a half years ago—the VOIP product offered by competitors had not made major incursions into local service, and the commission felt it was important that the VOIP product be regulated as local service, just like standard circuit-switch telephony.
I hope I've answered your question.