CommLaw Monitor
USF Contribution Factor Reaches a New High
The FCC today announced its proposed Universal Service Fund contribution factor for the upcoming quarter, 1Q 2010. The factor will rise almost two percent, to a new record high of 14.1% of end user telecommunications…
Broadband Plan is Only Item on FCC December Agenda
As we do regularly in this blog, we preview significant items to be presented at the FCC's upcoming monthly meeting. This month it is easy, because the FCC's agenda includes only one item: an update on the development…
AT&T Threatens More Prepaid Providers With Litigation
In the last month, AT&T sent another round of demand letters to prepaid card providers seeking access charges on prepaid card calls. AT&T sent the first round of such letters in the fall of 2008. Now, we are seeing…
International Prepaid Card Providers Petition FCC to File USF Form 499As
A group of international prepaid card companies have petitioned the FCC for a rule change that will allow them to file their own FCC Form 499As to cover the universal service fund assessments on their traffic. The…
Appeals Court Rejects State Regulation of Nomadic VoIP, Again
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled in favor of Vonage and rejected an attempt by the Nebraska PSC to claim regulatory authority over VoIP. Vonage v. Nebraska PSC, 564 F. 3d 900 (8th Cir. 2009).…