Minn. PUC Asks 8th Circuit to Reverse VoIP Classification Ruling
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission sought reversal of a federal district court ruling that Charter’s VoIP service is an information service the state may not regulate (see 1707250018). In a Tuesday brief (in Pacer) at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court…
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of Appeals, the PUC said the lower court relied on “erroneous and unprecedented legal analysis” that was “contrary to binding decisions of this Court, FCC precedent, and the longstanding system of cooperative federalism established under the Telecommunications Act.” The PUC requested oral argument with 20 minutes to each side. Charter’s traditional and IP-based telephone service is functionally the same, the state commission said. “The only difference between [plain old telephone service] and fixed, interconnected VoIP is the technology.”