Nevada legislators...
Nevada legislators introduced a bill that would restrict state regulation of VoIP and Internet Protocol-enabled services. Several states have already introduced bills of this sort this year, and more than two dozen states have passed laws with this policy. Assembly…
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Bill 486 proposes, in its third section, to forbid any state agency from regulating those services, with some exceptions related to broader consumer protection law or taxation (http://bit.ly/14zaoCR). Other sections of the bill would relieve providers from offering basic service when “alternative services” are available if companies file a notice with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission and propose removing what it calls outdated telecom language. The bill allows the state to charge VoIP providers in some ways.