FCC Insulates Web Phone Service from State Rule
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U.S. communications regulators on Tuesday exempted Internet telephone services from certain state oversight, a boon for Vonage Holdings Corp. and other providers aggressively pushing the new service.
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U.S. regulators ruled Tuesday that providers of Internet-based phone call services fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government and cannot be regulated by states. -AP
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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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In what amounts to a big win for Vonage Holdings Corp., the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday ruled that the broadband phone company&#39;s service was exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
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One bill safeguards wireless phone numbers; the other targets malicious snoops.
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Sources say FCC on Tuesday will further exempt Internet calls from state rules and taxes. But is cable a fly in the ointment?
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NEW YORK - You could almost hear the sighs of relief when the US Federal Communications Commission ruled on Tuesday that Internet-based phone services should be regulated by the federal government, not by the states.
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Small ISPs worry that a FCC decison could take away their ability to offer DSL.
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Providers of Internet-based phone services, such as Overland Park-based Nuvio Corp. and Time Warner Cable, notched a victory Tuesday when the Federal Communications Commission said states could not regulate the futuristic service.
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The Federal Communications Commission seized regulatory control over Internet-based telephone services by issuing an order that sharply limited the role of state regulators.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way for Internet access over the same infrastructure that carries electricity to homes and businesses in America.
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A new standard aims to help users pass information between Web services without sharing full access to their identities.
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Decision exempts Vonage from Minnesota state telephony laws.
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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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In a ruling that could have implications for increasingly popular VoIP services, the FCC ruled today that a VoIP service from Vonage Holdings is not subject to the public utility regulations of individual states.
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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.
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Federal and state governments usually promote competition for telecom services, but some states are blocking free Wi-Fi access.