Da-Chief
03-22-2008, 13:23
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Earlier this year, Vonage filed a lawsuit (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91340) against the Nebraska Public Service Commission because it believes that it should not have to pay into the controversial Universal Service Fund. Vonage s argument was that its VoIP service is a data service, not a phone service, and therefore they shouldn t have to contribute fees to the telecom deployment fund. The federal court has ruled (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/bf1b849b2fc82ef54b901f81ca529106.htm) that it agrees with Vonage about this issue and has instituted a ban barring Nebraska from collecting this fee. Vonage hadn t paid anything into the fund so there was no legal need to discuss refunds to the VoIP company after the ruling but other VoIP providers who have paid into the fund may seek such compensation. The commission has until April 2nd to file an appeal if it disagrees with this decision.
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Earlier this year, Vonage filed a lawsuit (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91340) against the Nebraska Public Service Commission because it believes that it should not have to pay into the controversial Universal Service Fund. Vonage s argument was that its VoIP service is a data service, not a phone service, and therefore they shouldn t have to contribute fees to the telecom deployment fund. The federal court has ruled (http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/bf1b849b2fc82ef54b901f81ca529106.htm) that it agrees with Vonage about this issue and has instituted a ban barring Nebraska from collecting this fee. Vonage hadn t paid anything into the fund so there was no legal need to discuss refunds to the VoIP company after the ruling but other VoIP providers who have paid into the fund may seek such compensation. The commission has until April 2nd to file an appeal if it disagrees with this decision.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Court-Rules-for-Vonage-in-Universal-Service-Fund-Case-92884)
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