District Court Extends Deadlines on 911-Charge Fight in Georgia
A federal district court extended deadlines for responses to Comcast’s motion to dismiss a complaint by two Georgia counties on a dispute about collection of 911 charges. The counties have until May 16 to respond to the motion, and Comcast…
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has until June 30 to reply to the counties, said the order (in Pacer) dated Thursday. Comcast and the counties had jointly sought the extension after the court grouped the case with several similar complaints by the counties against telecom companies, and transferred them to Judge Amy Totenberg in a March 31 order (in Pacer). The Georgia counties of Cobb and Gwinnett filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, alleging Comcast failed to bill, collect, report and remit the appropriate amount of 911 charges from customers. The counties seek to collect the charges from Comcast. The operator asked the court to dismiss the case because it said the counties don't have authority to hold telecom providers liable for unpaid 911 changes (see 1603280040). The counties' other complaints are against Bandwidth.com, Broadvox, Cbeyond, Charter Fiberlink, Inteliquent, Level 3, Network Telephone, Peerless Network, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, XO Communications and YMAX Communications.