--- title: "Forbes.com Quotes Kelley Drye's Telecom Law Monitor Blog" date: 2011-04-11T00:00:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/forbes-com-quotes-kelley-dryes-telecom-law-monitor-blog" section: News --- # Forbes​.com Quotes Kelley Drye’s Telecom Law Monitor Blog April 11, 2011 Forbes​.com quoted Kelley Drye’s Telecom Law Monitor blog in an article, ​“FCC Finds MagicJack Can’t Collect Access Charges from AT&T.” The article discussed the FCC ruling last week supporting AT&T in a case against Voice over IP (VoIP) provider MagicJack. MagicJack provides a USB dongle to customers that offers a full year of local and long-distance service without any additional charges. In addition to this service, the company generates some of its revenue from the related competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC),YMax. YMax billed AT&T fees for originating and terminating calls involving MagicJack customers, but AT&T challenged those fees in a complaint to the FCC. The FCC ruled that AT&T did not have to pay because YMax’s description of the fees did not cover the calls in question. Forbes​.com quoted the Telecom Law Monitor blog entry titled ​“[FCC Rules VoIP Provider May Not Collect Access Charges](http://www.commlawmonitor.com/2011/04/articles/access-charges/fcc-rules-voip-provider-may-not-collect-access-charges/),” which noted this ruling as a narrow one. ​“It ruled only that the CLEC’s tariff language did not apply to the traffic,” not that voice over IP services in general are not subject to access charges. ​“The primary lesson of the case is that a VoIP provider must carefully consider the description of its services, and not necessarily use ​‘cookie cutter’ tariffs designed for traditional PSTN traffic.” - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/forbes-com-quotes-kelley-dryes-telecom-law-monitor-blog-20230614094004.pdf) ### Related Services - [Communications](https://www.kelleydrye.com/industries/communications) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Grymes_Thompson_Christie_L.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=8cdff8f3f62f20742ddf756217720753) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) July 20, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/christie-thompson-featured-on-abas-trust-and-trade-podcast) In the News [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Mon_Gonzalo_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e5cf250ea9912bedfdad33a60aa6fb97) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/In_the_News_Listing.svg) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules) July 17, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/news/gonzalo-mon-quoted-in-politico-on-click-to-cancel-rules)