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The Maine Public Utilities Commission extended its state Universal Service...

The Maine Public Utilities Commission extended its state Universal Service Fund requirements to interconnected VoIP providers, a commission order said. The rules are limited to providers that were paying into the funds prior to Oct. 27, the date of Maine…

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VoIP legislation. The rules don’t apply to other interconnected VoIP providers unless and until the legislature requires such application in the future, the order said. LD-1311 specifies that providers of VoIP don’t constitute telephone utilities.