The Colo. PUC closed a docket examining regulation of VoIP servic...
The Colo. PUC closed a docket examining regulation of VoIP service and said it wouldn’t address that issue again until the FCC had ruled on how much authority the states might have over VoIP services and providers. “Because of…
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the legal uncertainty of whether a state may regulate VoIP services, as well as the host of policy issues involved with VoIP, we believe the most prudent course is to take no action with respect to VoIP pending FCC action,” the PUC said, but it said it would monitor the FCC’s proceedings. PUC Chmn. Gregory Sopkin in a concurring statement said VoIP had “dramatic implications” for telecom regulation, but said the nascent industry shouldn’t be strangled by 51 utility commissions “imposing idiosyncratic, inconsistent and costly obligations.” He said VoIP wasn’t like traditional phone service and shouldn’t be regulated the same way. Sopkin said VoIP was an opportunity to make fundamental changes in how one carrier’s use of another’s infrastructure was compensated for both access and 911 purposes.