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Federal Court Throws Out Minnesota VoIP Regulation

Posted by timothy on from the and-good-riddance dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "Voxilla reports that the FCC will announce Friday that 'a federal court has issued a permanent injunction against a recent ruling by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to regulate Voice over IP provider Vonage as a telephone company.' This is a significant move towards stopping recent movement by states to regulate VoIP -- most notably, California vs. VoicePulse and Wisconsin vs. Packet8."

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  1. California VOIP regulations? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Total Phonecall!"

    "Your connection has been terminated!"

    "I'll call you back"

    "Hasta la vista, baby bell"

  2. Shock Horror! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean instead of suing the competition into oblivion they will have to provide customers with a reason to part with their hard earned dollars?!

    This is America, it's our God given right to make money from nothing, you commies!

    </SARCASM>

    -A

  3. Re:Where do you draw the line? by (H)elix1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you tax the...

    This is Minnesota we are talking about. Of course the answer is yes.

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