U.S. Supreme Court denied request that it review case involving r...
U.S. Supreme Court denied request that it review case involving reciprocal compensation for Internet-bound traffic (Global NAPs v. FCC). U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., in April upheld FCC decision to void tariff filed by Global NAPs that sought $1.7 million…
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in compensation from Verizon for handling 15 days of Internet traffic. Verizon refused to pay, saying Global NAPs tariff was attempt to bypass normal interconnection agreement process overseen by state regulators and amounted to access charge for Internet traffic, which isn’t allowed. High court on Mon. also denied review of case -- Tacoma v. Qwest -- in which 9th U.S. Appeals Court, San Francisco, had struck down telecom ordinances of more than dozen Wash. cities. Ordinances had required telecom providers, among other things, to file detailed disclosure of matters such as corporate policies and financial qualifications, and provide city govts. with free or excess network capacity. In challenge brought by Qwest, appeals court ruled that such requirements violated Sec. 253 of Telecom Act.