Charter Urges 8th Circuit to Uphold VoIP as Information Service
Don't create "regulatory morass" by allowing VoIP regulation by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Charter said in an appellee brief (in Pacer) posted Monday at the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The PUC asked the appeals court to reverse…
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a district court ruling that Charter’s VoIP service is an information service that the state may not regulate (see 1708290028). But Charter said reversal would allow each state to make its own decision about regulating VoIP, creating a patchwork of requirements that would frustrate FCC policy. The district court decision “is consistent with the decision of every other federal court that has addressed the classification of interconnected VoIP,” as well as FCC precedent, Charter said.