Vonage Fights Minnesota's Attempts To Regulate VoIP

rmccoy writes "Vonage said Thursday it intends to fight the first-ever decision by a U.S. state to regulate companies that provide Internet-based phone services. Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission unanimously decided two weeks ago that the New Jersey-based voice over IP (VoIP) provider is subject to the rules and regulations that cover traditional phone companies."

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[Anonymous Coward]

If your website contains animated gifs, you are required to get a license to broadcast television.

Re:Coming soon

[frank_adrian314159]

If your website contains animated gifs, ...

... you should do everyone a favor and shoot yourself before you spread your |\/|/-\|) 4RT sKillZ any further.

So...

[Anonymous Coward]

Now Vonnage must be overpriced, unreliable, riddled with billing errors, and have 30 minute hold times like the regular phone companies?

It's Minnesota party politics

[jkj5301]

Vonage probably didn't contribute enough to the election campaigns of Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Attorney General Mike Hatch, like a traditional phone company should. http://news.mpr.org/features/2003/08/13_khoom_hatc hgop/