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Vonage Fights Minnesota's Attempts To Regulate VoIP

Posted by timothy on from the buggy-whip-makers-tense dept.

rmccoy writes "Vonage said Thursday it intends to fight the first-ever decision by a U.S. state to regulate companies that provide Internet-based phone services. Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission unanimously decided two weeks ago that the New Jersey-based voice over IP (VoIP) provider is subject to the rules and regulations that cover traditional phone companies."

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  1. I wonder... by HBI · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder if the problem is cured if Vonage just stops offering service in Minnesota.

    In a different field, auto insurance, most providers hate doing business in NJ because the state sucks - every 3 years the government gets a bug up its ass and changes the rules around because we have the highest (or near the highest) auto insurance rates in the country. So companies like State Farm, GEICO, Firemans Fund, etc have pulled out of New Jersey and do not offer policies here.

    Sounds like a similar case brewing unless the MN PUC gets its act together.

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