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December 29, 2004
Another Look at the Vonage Appeal
It is interesting to put the Ninth Circuit Appeal in perspective with the timely release of the 8th Circuit's Vonage Decision upholding the District Court ruling that prohibits the state of Minnesota from regulating Internet-based phone calling as if it were a traditional telecommunications service. That 8th Circuit case comes closer to addressing the more controversial issue over the service category ("telcom service" or "information service") of IP-PSTN connected VoIP services. This issue has proven to be the tougher cut for the FCC, which will likely address this question in the pending IP-Enabled Services NPRM. That is the issue that more squarely touches on the issues that the Ninth Circuit considered in dicta in the Brand X decision -- whether a broadband Internet access service is a telecom service, an information service, or has both a telecom service and information service.
Posted by jeff on December 29, 2004 02:04 PM | Permalink
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