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VoIP Ruled "Info Service", Not "Telecom Service"
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posted by scubacuda
on Saturday October 18, @04:05PM
from the difference-without-a-distinction dept.
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News.com: The telecommunication industry stands to benefit from a legal distinction drawn by Judge Michael J. Davis of the district of Minnesota. In a 22-page opinion Davis wrote that VoIP provider Vonage is an "information service" rather than a "telecommunications service" and therefore exempt from state regulation. Unlike phone networks, data networks have been left largely unregulated and untaxed to help spur growth.
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