Comcast Gains Support for Motion to Pause Vermont VoIP Proceeding During Appeal
Consolidated Communications and a Vermont agency supported Comcast’s motion for stay of phase two of the Vermont Public Utility Commission’s VoIP regulation proceeding. The second phase asks how Vermont should regulate interconnected VoIP, but Comcast challenged the PUC’s Feb. 7…
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ruling that interconnected VoIP is a telecom service under federal law (see 1803070060). For “judicial efficiency,” the PUC should “exhaust all process” on its decision on VoIP classification before deciding how to regulate the services, Consolidated said Wednesday in case 18-0443. The Vermont Department of Public Service said it “does not oppose” the stay requested by Comcast, though it supports the PUC's Feb. 7 ruling. The department agreed “with Comcast that it would be appropriate to have a final determination on the Commission's authority to regulate VoIP services before the parties and the Commission expend significant time and resources litigating the manner in which such authority should be exercised.”