The Kansas Corporation Commission became the third state commissi...
The Kansas Corporation Commission became the third state commission to rule that interconnected VoIP providers must contribute to the state universal service fund. The commission said adding VoIP providers to the base of state universal service contributors is consistent…
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with federal law and FCC policy since they already contribute to the federal universal service fund. The KCC (Case 07-GIMT-432-GIT) said the ability of interconnected VoIP providers to jurisdictionally separate traffic is irrelevant if the federal fund’s safe-harbor mechanism is applied to their state contributions. The commission also dismissed arguments that it’s preempted by federal law. It said federal law and policy are silent on VoIP contributions to state funds, and when New Mexico and Nebraska ordered interconnected VoIP providers to contribute to their state funds, they didn’t face preemption claims. The KCC said it plans workshops within 60 days, to help set a formula for figuring VoIP universal service fund contributions and to settle other matters of follow-through.