CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Small Library Seeks to Force Decision on VoIP Classification

I don't expect this to go anywhere, but this request is too interesting to ignore any longer. On May 25, 2012, a library in Caroline County, Virginia petitioned the FCC to declare that Vonage is a "common carrier"…

FCC Seeking More Comment on Allowing VoIP Providers Direct Access to Numbers

With new access charge obligations for interconnected VoIP, new contribution obligations for non-interconnected VoIP, and possible outage reporting requirements, 2012 is shaping up as a year of changes for VoIP…

FCC Regulatory Fee Proposal May Resolve Long Pending VoIP Petition Too

According to the FCC's weekly list of pending items on circulation, the Commission appears ready to resolve a longstanding petition by an interconnected VoIP provider to cancel its 2007 FCC regulatory fee. The ruling…