FCC blocks states from regulating Net phone services
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Federal regulators decided yesterday to prevent states from heavily regulating companies that provide Internet-based phone service.
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Congress acted Friday to block state and local governments from taxing connections that link consumers to the Internet for the next three years.
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federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers&#39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography.
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A federal appeals court prohibited the state of Minnesota from regulating Internet-based phone calling as if it were a traditional telecommunications service.
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Direct dial telephone calls from Ireland to 13 other countries are to be blocked because of an internet fraud.
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FCC Chairman Michael Powell said Tuesday that he would seek broad regulatory authority for the federal government over Internet-based telephone services to avoid stifling the emerging market.
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Temporary ban keeps Internet providers from abusing the system, National Governors Association says.
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NEW YORK  - Are cellphone companies using their sway over handset makers to unfairly limit consumers&#39; choices? Skype, a pioneer in PC-to-PC calling, thinks so, and it wants the Federal Communications Commission to do something about it.  In a blistering filing with the FCC, Skype basically accused Verizon Wireless and other big carriers of holding their customers hostage because most cellphones sold in the USA are &quot;locked,&quot; meaning you can only use applications and features sold by your carrier.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 20, 2004 - Federal regulators Friday imposed a six-month freeze on the rates regional phone companies may charge their competitors to use networks to provide local service.
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WASHINGTON - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) plans to appeal a November decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibiting states from regulating VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) services, such as those offered by Vonage Holdings.
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The telecoms watchdog Ofcom is considering how to regulate firms that let you make calls via the net.
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A divided Federal Communications Commission passed rules Wednesday restricting local phone competition. The move is expected to raise prices for many consumers across the country and for small businesses in larger cities.
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Washington - Phone calls made over the Internet cannot be regulated by states, the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday.
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The US Federal Communications Commissioners freed Internet-based calling from some state rules that govern traditional telephone carriers to encourage providers such as AT&amp;T Corp.
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On 9 November 2004, the FCC declared that VoIP services such as Vonage Holdings&#39; DigitalVoice are not subject to traditional state public utility regulation, and that the FCC alone has jurisdiction here.
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ASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will require incumbent telephone carriers to continue offering parts of their networks to competitors while the commission rewrites those network-sharing rules.
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An appeals court agreed with a lower court decision that ruled VoIP is a data service and, as such, can&#39;t be regulated by states.