The FCC should declare that it preempts states when regulating AT...
The FCC should declare that it preempts states when regulating AT&T U-verse VoIP and other fixed-location VoIP services, AT&T said. In a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, AT&T asked the FCC to extend to other VoIP carriers a…
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2004 order saying that the commission -- and not states -- should decide what regulations apply to Vonage. AT&T cited wide “uncertainty over the scope of the Commission’s decision and, in particular, whether the preemption principles articulated in that decision foreclose state entry and tariff regulation of facilities-based VoIP service.” Also, the FCC should declare that VoIP providers must contribute to the Universal Service Fund, Telecom Relay Service fund “on the same basis as other comparable service providers,” AT&T said.