AT&T Answers Alabama 911 Districts on Petition for Declaratory Ruling on VoIP
AT&T asked the FCC to "promptly" issue a declaratory ruling pre-empting "state discrimination" against VoIP customers, posted in docket 19-44 Monday. Alabama 911 districts wrote Sept. 10 (see 1909110027). The sides disagree on whether states have authority to require interconnected…
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VoIP providers bill 911 charges to customers. AT&T said "there is no room for states to make policy decisions that result in discrimination against VoIP customers, because Congress has prohibited such discrimination."