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Alaska cancels VoIP contract

September 17, 2003 The state ends a $100 million telecommunications deal with its largest phone company, saying the firm failed to deliver an Internet-based phone system on time. TAGS: Alaska, Cisco Systems Inc., VoIP, voice quality, state, IP, IP telephony, telephone company, telecommunications, agreement

Pennsylvania holds off on Net phone rules

April 17, 2004 The state's utility commissioners decide not to introduce regulations for Net phone calling for now, but say it looks like they have a right to do so if they want. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Internet phone, regulation, state, VoIP, commission, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP company, decision, IP

VoIP firm tussles with states over phone numbers

August 19, 2004 Dispute between regulators and SBC IP Communications highlights an endangered species: the 10-digit number. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., phone number, carrier, BellSouth Corp., IP, VoIP, Ohio, requirement, state, request, license, AT&T Corp., Canada, Internet phone, U.S.

States, feds headed for VoIP clash

May 21, 2004 Regulators in large U.S. states are moving ahead with Net-phoning rules, forcing an inevitable tussle with federal regulators over jurisdiction. TAGS: Qwest Communications Inc., VoIP, state, regulator, New York, service provider, law, rule, decision, IP, California

VoIP: To tax or not to tax

April 28, 2004 An obscure law in Florida is getting a lot of attention as the debate over taxing phone calls made over the Internet heats up. TAGS: Florida, taxation, VoIP, statute, tax, lawmaker, law, IP, telecommunications, debate, VoIP company, Vonage Holdings Corp., LAN, state, Internet phone, service provider

Senate panel embraces state VoIP taxes

July 22, 2004 A bill was supposed to keep states away from Internet phone services. One amendment makes all the difference. TAGS: John Sununu, VoIP, amendment, bill, Internet phone, IP, Sen., tax, voice chat, VoIP company, VoIP service, state, regulation, legislation, Vonage Holdings Corp., broadband

VoIP regulation still a no-go, judge says

January 21, 2004 A Minnesota magistrate stands firm on his October ruling that broadband phone services should remain unregulated in the state. But that may not be the end of the story. TAGS: Minnesota, Qwest Communications Inc., VoIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone service, VoIP company, state, agency, IP, broadband

Florida paves way for VoIP taxation

May 3, 2004 State lawmakers refuse to postpone enforcement of a law that could levy taxes on companies and individuals using VoIP to bypass a regular phone network. TAGS: tax, Florida, enforcement, VoIP, uncertainty, state, Governor, VoIP service, bill, DSL, IP

New York classifies Vonage as phone company

May 20, 2004 Handing a setback to emerging Net phone services, the state's Public Service Commission rules that Vonage Holdings is a telephone company and thus subject to state regulation. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., regulation, VoIP, New York, Internet phone, decision, VoIP service, IP, telephone company, state, tax, California

Senate panel hears VoIP arguments

February 24, 2004 While agreeing on the need to go easy with federal regulations, U.S. senators on Tuesday split over whether states should be able to tax Internet phone calls. TAGS: VoIP, Ron Wyden, tax, Internet phone, senator, argument, Sen., phone network, regulation, VoIP company, IP, state, service provider, U.S., e-mail

California regulators advance VoIP plans

February 11, 2004 The state's Public Utilities Commission decides to move forward with plans to regulate the Internet telephone industry, as the FCC prepares to weigh in on the issue. TAGS: Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., VoIP, commission, vote, state, California, AT&T Corp., IP

Time Warner OK with VoIP regulation

November 13, 2003 The company plans to begin selling Internet phone service in California next year and will cooperate with regulators by seeking a telephone operator's license in the state, if necessary. TAGS: VoIP, Time Warner Inc., VoIP service, regulator, regulation, 8X8, VoIP company, state, license, Internet phone, California, IP, attorney, service provider

Court's call: Hands off VoIP

October 8, 2003 Internet phone providers win the first round in a clash with state regulators, providing needed momentum for the upstart industry. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, data network, Internet phone, voice network, Minneapolis, VoIP company, authority, regulator, state, phone network, IP, federal judge, order, agency

States battle FCC Internet phone ruling

January 5, 2005 Minnesota and California to appeal federal regulatory ruling that bars them from taxing Net phone service providers. TAGS: Minnesota, Vonage Holdings Corp., BellSouth Corp., phone service, Internet phone company, Internet phone, VoIP, AT&T Corp., state, IP, California, decision

California becomes VoIP regulatory battleground

April 8, 2004 Small Net phone service providers gain help from some important supporters as they continue battling regulators in California. TAGS: Cox Communications Inc., Internet telephone service provider, VoIP, regulation, regulatory compliance, commission, California, VoIP company, service provider, telephone company, Internet phone, state, IP, hiring, concern, Verizon Communications

New Hampshire: E-mail free or die...for now

July 13, 2004 Tax collectors say the Granite State can live up to its libertarian motto: They won't target Internet phone calls, chat rooms, Web mail and instant messaging. Yet. TAGS: New Hampshire, tax, chat room, committee, IM, VoIP, Internet phone, state, IP, connection, New York, telecommunications, e-mail

FCC hears from communications industry on VoIP

October 29, 2003 Fifty companies and organizations chime in on whether Internet telephony should be regulated. Many want a national Internet-phoning policy. TAGS: VoIP, BellSouth Corp., VoIP company, Minnesota, opinion, policy, Vonage Holdings Corp., commission, telephone company, state, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., IP

States gang up on Vonage

April 11, 2005 First came Texas. Will New York and California be next to file lawsuits against the VoIP provider over its 911 service? TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Eliot Spitzer, Internet phone company, Internet phone, BellSouth Corp., Texas, lawsuit, call, VoIP, spokesman, VoIP company, state, IP telephony, attorney general, telephony, New York

Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law

September 10, 2004 Statute requiring ISPs to filter inappropriate Web sites is unconstitutional, federal judge rules. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Internet Service Provider, attorney general, law, domain name, First Amendment, speech, federal judge, state, IP, decision, technique, service provider
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