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InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Rules VoIP Providers Must Pay USF Fees Internet telephone companies like Vonage must contribute to the Universal Service Fund, a federal appeals court ruled Friday afternoon.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	VoIP Bills Set to Increase In a long anticipated move, the Federal Communications Commission ruled today Voice over IP services must contribute a portion of their revenues to the Universal Service Fund
InternetNews February 8, 2011	FCC Begins USF Transition to Broadband Commissioners vote unanimously to begin the process of overhauling $8 billion federal telecom subsidy to eliminate waste and shift funding from telephone service to broadband.
InternetNews April 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Martin Skips VoIP in First FCC Meeting The new FCC chairman plans to push mandatory 911 VoIP services at next month's meeting.
InternetNews January 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Questions States' VoIP Appeals Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said today that states appealing the FCC's November decision ruling Voice over IP an interstate service "pretty much makes zero sense to me."
InternetNews March 21, 2007 Roy Mark	VoIP Still on FCC's Open Road A federal appeals court upheld a 2004 FCC ruling that Voice over IP services are interstate in nature and not subject to state public utility regulation. The ruling gives the FCC the responsibility and obligation to decide which regulations apply to Internet telephony.
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Copper Remains Golden for Legacy Networks Baby Bells, others agree to call a truce and produce an industry consensus rate reform solution to the FCC.
InternetNews March 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Level 3 Drops VoIP Rate Request The VoIP wholesaler withdraws petition seeking FCC ruling on interconnection fees.
InternetNews October 20, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Mulls November VoIP Vote In the absence of congressional action, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has taken over the direction of Voice over IP policy in the Capitol, at least for the time being.
InternetNews November 19, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	FCC's Martin: Open Networks Becoming the Norm On the eve of a new administration, the FCC chairman reflects on his tenure and looks ahead to unfinished business.
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Vonage Says It's Ready for Fight Over VoIP The VoIP upstart will argue its case against state regulation vs. all comers, its CEO says.
InternetNews March 7, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Vonage's Hits and Misses The broadband telephony service now has more than 500,000 total lines and customers smarting from a 45-minute outage on Friday.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC: 'Net Neutrality' For All U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) urges Congress to make FCC's principles of open networks part of telecom reform.
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC to Decide VoIP Fate Next Week The Federal Communications Commission announced Tuesday it would rule Nov. 9 on whether Internet telephony is an interstate service and exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Roy Mark	Stevens Seeks USF Expansion to Broadband Alaskan senator seeks new funds to subsidize telecom services to rural and high-cost areas.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
InternetNews November 10, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Praises FCC VoIP Ruling Both sides of the Voice over IP divide weighed in on yesterday's Federal Communications Commission ruling that stipulates the interstate nature of VoIP services.
InternetNews August 18, 2004 Erin Joyce	Eyes on VoIP, Telcos Propose New Fees New toll fees for wireline phone calls reflect new telecom paradigms, including Voice over IP.
InternetNews February 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Powell Rips FCC Delay on Connection Fee Reform After four years of study, FCC votes to keep thinking about it.
InternetNews March 15, 2004 Roy Mark	FCC Seeking 'Pragmatic' VoIP Solutions Telecom lawyer says agency asking the right questions about the regulation of Internet telephony.
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move Will voice over IP benefit from the government's decision to forgo a Supreme Court appeal of telephone line-sharing rules?
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Vonage Markets on Despite FCC E911 Order Vonage plans to continue offering service to new customers despite failing to meet the Federal Communications Commission's mandate to provide full E911 by Nov. 28 or cease marketing Voice over IP.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Backs VoIP E911 Deadline The Baby Bell says the FCC should set a date for broadband telephony firms to provide E911.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Faces Tuesday Deadline For VoIP Ruling Interconnection fees between IP voice traffic and Bells' last mile copper networks at source of dispute.
InternetNews September 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress Hangs Up on VoIP for 2004 Federal legislation to exempt Internet telephony from state regulations and tariffs has all but failed, ending an ambitious effort to carve out and protect Internet-related issues from looming, and highly uncertain, telecom reform.
InternetNews July 1, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Vonage Records Regulatory Victory The startup wins a battle amidst federal VoIP framework debates.
InternetNews October 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Urge FCC to Regulate VoIP House members write a letter to the commission, saying Voice over IP telephony issues are too important to await pending legislation.
InternetNews July 7, 2004 Roy Mark	VoIP Can't Wait for Telecom Reform Representatives urge Congress to exempt Internet telephony from state regulations now.
InternetNews February 4, 2005 Roy Mark	SBC Blasts Level 3's VoIP Proposal The Internet telephony carrier is accused of seeking a self-serving quick fix to interconnection fees.
InternetNews September 27, 2005 Roy Mark	11th Hour Extension For Customer VoIP Lockout The Federal Communications Commission is delaying its order that Internet telephone providers cut off service to customers who have not acknowledged the possible limitations of Voice over IP E911 calling services.
InternetNews August 1, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Chief Pushing For DSL Deregulation New FCC chairman circulating proposal to give telcos' broadband the same status as cable modems.
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Roy Mark	VoIP Has New Guidelines From FCC The agency issues a ruling on Pulver's request to be regulation-free and starts to frame new policy for the VoIP sector.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Rejects SBC's VoIP Bid Agency rules its broader IP review pre-empts SBC's petition to free broadband networks from legacy telecom regulations.
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Colin C. Haley	SBC, FCC Joust Over VoIP Tariff SBC Communications is defending a proposal to charge VoIP providers for a more efficient method of completing calls to its customers after the plan drew fire from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Powell.
InternetNews February 2, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Faces Another VoIP Deadline The agency has until March 22 to decide if Internet telephony companies must pay access fees.
InternetNews May 19, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Mandates 911 VoIP Service Agency orders incumbent carriers to make their 911 networks available to Internet telephone companies.
InternetNews September 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	Emergency VoIP Gets a Private Line Voice over IP manufacturer VoIP, Inc. launched what it says is the industry's first private network 911. The service is an option for VoIP providers, who have until the end of the year to provide emergency functionality to their customers.
InternetNews November 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Will VoIP Ante up For USF Dues? Lawmakers hope a new plan would expand payment obligations to VoIP providers and cable companies offering Internet telephone services.
InternetNews June 19, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	FCC Calls For More And Less Competition FCC Chairman Kevin Martin thinks his commission is on the right path, but a more competitive environment for video, broadband and wireless connectivity across the U.S. is needed.
InternetNews July 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Extension For E911 'Not as Good' Rule Rule would disconnect VoIP subscribers who do not acknowledge emergency 911 limitations.
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Slaps Fine on VoIP-blocking Telecom North Carolina company agrees to pay $15,000 and promises to drop port-blocking practices.
InternetNews February 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Are ISPs Blocking VoIP Calls? Internet telephony firms Vonage, Nuvio claim broadband providers who offer competing VoIP services are degrading call quality on purpose.
InternetNews July 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Federal Lawmakers Bid For VoIP Control Legislation proposes to classify all IP-based communications as interstate services subject only to limited FCC rules.
InternetNews January 13, 2004 Roy Mark	Sununu Drafting VoIP Bill New Hampshire senator wants to pre-empt state and federal regulations for emerging Internet telephone business.
InternetNews August 19, 2005 Roy Mark	Early Adopters, Late Acknowledgers VoIP providers faced with cutting off service to customers who refuse to respond to E911 warnings.
PHONE+ February 3, 2010 Kelly M. Teal	If Net Neutrality Dies, Expect Common-Carrier Push People who oppose greater government oversight of the Web say a common-carrier push for net neutrality wouldn't get very far.
InternetNews March 4, 2005 Roy Mark	It's Degrading: VoIP Firms Urge More FCC Action Vonage and Nuvio say port blocking is easy to prove, but allege that telecoms and cable companies are also degrading VoIP signals.
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon's Broadband Regulatory Relief Verizon Communications scored a major victory Monday when a sharply divided Federal Communications Commission approved the telecom giant's petition to deregulate its commercial broadband lines.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Study Says Big Players To Dominate VoIP Mercer Management also finds that lower priced Internet calls still trump quality issues.
InternetNews August 26, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Extends VoIP E911 Notice Deadline VoIP providers now have until end of September to collect customer acknowledgements of emergency calling limitations.