Internet telephony provider IP Services Inc. (IPS) said it would ...
Internet telephony provider IP Services Inc. (IPS) said it would petition Colo. PUC for guidance on access charges in light of ruling last week by Colo. Dist. Court Judge Michael Mullins in Denver. State court judge held that IPS…
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was liable for intrastate access charges whenever it used public switched telephone network of Qwest or other telephone carriers for call completion. IPS Pres. Martin McDermott said Colo. PUC specifically exempted Internet telephony companies from paying intrastate access charges. He said ruling could force his company to pay at least $1 million in damages to Qwest, which brought lawsuit in state court seeking access charges. McDermott said state court’s ruling was so broad as to make any alternative carrier, regardless of technology used, liable for payment of access charges. Judicial ruling (CD Jan 17 p9) was state action, not federal.