Charter Files Complaint in US District Court Against Minnesota PUC on VoIP Authority
The ongoing battle over VoIP authority heated up between Charter Communications and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission when Charter filed a complaint against the PUC in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Charter said the PUC overstepped its authority by trying…
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to impose the 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). Minnesota Commissioner John Tuma previously said the biggest concern with the service switch was that Charter transferred customers, without notifying them, to an entity that doesn't have the certificate to run a phone service in the state and that the company is no longer paying Telecommunications Access Minnesota and Telephone Assistance Program fees (see 1509180059). Neither Charter nor the PUC commented Friday.