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AT&T Threatens More Prepaid Providers With Litigation
In the last month, AT&T sent another round of demand letters to prepaid card providers seeking access charges on prepaid card calls. AT&T sent the first round of such letters in the fall of 2008. Now, we are seeing…
Appeals Court Rejects State Regulation of Nomadic VoIP, Again
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled in favor of Vonage and rejected an attempt by the Nebraska PSC to claim regulatory authority over VoIP. Vonage v. Nebraska PSC, 564 F. 3d 900 (8th Cir. 2009).…
FCC Seeks Comments on Blue Casa Petition to Apply Access Charges to VNXX Calls Sent to ISPs
The FCC is seeking comment on Blue Casa Communications’ petition to apply access charges to VNXX calls sent to ISPs. On December 19, 2008, Blue Casa filed a petition asking the FCC to issue a declaratory ruling that…
Qwest Files Access Charge Lawsuit Against CLECs in Seattle
Qwest has begun following in the footsteps of SBC/AT&T by bringing collection actions against CLECs and their IXC customers for access charges which are allegedly due for terminating traffic to Qwest customers. On…