CommLaw Monitor
Interconnected VoIP Providers Getting One Free Bite
What are the ramifications of the FCC's refusal to classify interconnected VoIP? For one, it complicates the job of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. As a recent Citation to Vantage Communications shows, the failure to…
FCC Begins Groundwork to Extend Outage Reporting Obligations to Broadband and Interconnected VoIP Providers
Despite issues over the FCC's jurisdiction in light of the Comcast decision, the FCC's Public Safety Bureau took a step toward possible extension of the FCC's outage reporting requirements to broadband service…
Strange Coalition Petitions Court of Appeals to Bypass FCC on VoIP Access Charges
A diverse group of telecom companies and trade groups have jointly submitted a supporting brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Paetec v. CommPartners appeal. The Joint Brief includes ILECS like AT&T and Verizon,…
Now on Deck: Carrier Asks FCC to Preempt Pennsylvania PUC VoIP Decision
The VoIP jurisdictional saga continues. Last month, we discussed a decision by the Pennsylvania PUC asserting jurisdiction over intrastate Voice over IP calls and a decision by a US District Court reaching the opposite…
FCC Focuses Bully Pulpit on 911 Practices
The Genachowski FCC is enamored with the bully pulpit as an enforcement tool. In the year since the new Chairman has taken office, we've seen examples with FCC letters to Apple regarding its iPhone approval practices ;…