8th Circuit VoIP Decision Raises National Issues, MPUC Says

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that interconnected IP-based voice is an information service exempt from state regulation has national implications, and Charter Communications' opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari (see 1907050030) doesn't point to a better vehicle for bringing the issues to the Supreme Court. That according to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in a docket 18-1386 reply brief Monday. It called 'balderdash" the assertion it was raising issues in its cert petition that hadn't been raised before the 8th Circuit. Charter outside counsel didn't comment.