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- PUC
- Public Utility Commission A regulatory body in every state in the U.S. that governs public utilities within its jurisdiction such as electricity, gas, oil, sewer, water, transportation and telephone...
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- Judge: Verizon won't appear before state PUC
- The Maine Public Utilities Commission intended to have Verizon appear before it and explain whether it was cooperating with the National Security Administration, but a federal judge Thursday blocked the hearing based on "potential risk" to national security, The Bangor Daily News reports. U.S. District Judge John...
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Former PUC official at center of challenge to NSA spying
- James "Doug" Cowie ended an 18-year career with the Maine Public Utilities Commission, only to jump right back into public life a few months later by questioning whether Verizon Communications Inc., the state-regulated provider of local phone service in Maine, was cooperating with the National Security Agency in warrantless domestic...
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- VoIP revenue-hungry Cal. PUC to FCC: "we give up"
- VoIP revenue-hungry Cal. PUC to FCC: "we give up"California fruits and nutsLeave it to government officials in California (the official "fruits and nuts" of the fine state) to attempt such tomfoolery-- note to the fine citizenry of the Golden State: your ancestors migrated to your area to form the State...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-16
- VoIP revenue-hungry Cal. PUC to FCC: "we give up"
- The California Public Utilities Commission has long sought the authority to regulate VoIP services in the state- and to allow taxation of services and equipment as well.But since the FCC has given strong indication they reserve the right to do this, the Cal. PUC apparently has reconsidered.When like Charlie Rich...
- Blog posts 2005-04-15
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- Page Update Checker (xpi)
- Page Update Checker aka PUC pronounced as Puke is a FireFox extension that automatically checks to see if Web pages have changed. Once installed, you will be able to right-click on any page in Firefox and select 'Monitor for Updates'. The PUC options will open up and you can select...
- Software downloads 2007-09-21
- Maine's attempt to force Verizon disclosure moves to CA
- The Maine PUCs attempts to learn whether Verizon provided customer data to the National Security Agency took another turn this week. The case has been assigned to a federal court in California, The Portland Press Herald reports. Last May consumers tried to learn whether the NSA had been provided...
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- FCC approves AT&T-BellSouth merger
- FCC approves AT&T-BellSouth mergerMore Net Neutrality BS?Gimme a break! Redirection and denial of content is NOT going to happen; there's already effective laws about this. Elimination of QoS is a bad idea; restricting (NOT eliminating, just capping bandwidth) certain types of traffic is necessary to keep the net from being...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- An anti-telco blind spot
- An anti-telco blind spotBe afraidI would agree and do not like the prospect of turning over additional power to the government - but having spent a huge chunk of my career in telecom, the telcos are not to be trusted. The PUC public utility commissions are full of reports...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- Report: Software piracy costs $34 billion
- Report: Software piracy costs $34 billionEvery convict sent to prison thought it was their "right".They were wrong...hey no ax what a sec hereit not because usa send kid to jail that everybody must go to jail...:)there are other country you see out there. who dont care about...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-23
- Trouble in the tropics: Belize telco accused of blocking VoIP
- For the last few months, VoIP users in Belize have been up in arms at what they perceive to be an organized effort by Belize Telecommunications Limited to block outgoing calls over Vonage, Skype and other Internet phone service providers.Online forums have bristled with frustrated posts. The Vonage Forum...
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- California releases a telecom Bill of Rights
- California's PUC announced today that Californian's will have a new Telecommuniacations Consumer Bill of Rights which will include a toll-free hotline for complaints against wireless carriers. Government Technology reports: "The special unit would be devoted to analyzing complaints from consumers about telecommunications fraud and quickly identifying sellers that target consumers...
- Blog posts 2005-12-28
- FCC/state PUC task force moves forward on E911 rules
- Following up on the FCC's e911 rules created in May, which dictate that VoIP providers to handle 911 calls, the FCC and the National Association of announced July 25 the creation of a joint task force comprised staff from the FCC and state public utility commissions, working wit public safety...
- Blog posts 2005-07-28
- VoIP is giving the states heartburn
- Calling Vonage "the Amazon of VoIP," a recent article in Governing magazine discusses the issues surrounding the regulation and taxation of VoIP. The reason for the Amazon comparison is a feeling in the minds of State government officials that this "problem" is analogous to the issues States have...
- Blog posts 2005-04-08
- VoIP is giving the states heartburn
- Calling Vonage "the Amazon of VoIP," arecent article in Governing magazine discusses the issues surrounding theregulation and taxation of VoIP. The reason for the Amazon comparisonis a feeling in the minds of State government officials that this"problem" is analogous to the issues States have in collecting sales taxrevenues on...
- Blog posts 2005-04-08
- What Vonage customers care about
- Independently offered but promoted by Vonage as an online help resource and user community, The Vonage Forum has just passed three million page views.I wanted to see what current, prospective and ex-Vonage users were talking about. So, I registered with this forum.Once you're in, you get access to a Top...
- Blog posts 2004-12-08
- Minnesota PUC calls "time out," but they are still chomping at the bit
- On Tuesday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission temporarily suspended its effort to regulate Internet phone service in the state.But that doesn't mean the PUC has done a 180 on their thinking. They are holding their breath in the hope that either the courts or Congress modify the recent Federal Communications...
- Blog posts 2004-12-02
- Congress mulls new Net phone rules
- Congress mulls new Net phone rulesThe question is not rules but who rulesThe question is how can Congress tax VOIP? "Their bill would beat back attempts by regulators in states......"This is a direct attack on states rights by the Congress. " VoIP, which has begun to draw close scrutiny from...
- Discussion threads 2004-07-06
- The plot to disconnect VoIP
- The plot to disconnect VoIPVontageSo what they are trying to say is: If you or I buy the hardware. They are not known as a 'telco' anymore? So why doesn't Vontage give away the hardware and sell the service. Or Better yet, create an Internet Phone System that uses people...
- Discussion threads 2004-06-16
- Bush administration won't appeal phone decision
- Bush administration won't appeal phone decision20th century rules in the 21st centuryIt's about time they dropped these antiquated rules from the 80's and let free market competition drive the investments.There is so much competition in the telecom industry these days, the government should just get out of the way and...
- Discussion threads 2004-06-09
- Cable joins broadband price war
- Cable joins broadband price warCharter TNHere in East TN, Charter just changed to 2 tiers instead of 3 or 4. Unfortunately, UPLOAD is still at 128kbps. Although I understand the reason behind it (they don't want customers putting up servers), why should they care WHAT I do with the banwidth...
- Discussion threads 2003-11-12
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