Minnesota PUC To File Objections to Magistrate Judge Recommendation on VoIP
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission was expected to soon file objections in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota on its dispute with Charter Communications about state authority over interconnected VoIP services. “We anticipate that the Commission will timely file objections…
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to the Magistrate’s Report,” a Minnesota PUC spokesman emailed Thursday. The PUC had to file objections within 14 days of an April 21 magistrate judge recommendation to deny the commission’s motion to dismiss the Charter complaint (see 1604210054). Charter’s complaint alleged the Minnesota PUC overstepped its authority by imposing state regulations for traditional phone services on VoIP services. The case began in March 2013, when Charter transferred overnight 100,000 Minnesota customers to an affiliate, Charter Advanced Services, which provided VoIP phone service that wasn't certified by the PUC (see 1508210040). In its motion to dismiss, the Minnesota PUC asked the court to determine that Charter Advanced’s VoIP service is a telecom service under the Telecom Act and therefore subject to state regulation.