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| Dkt No 03-45 Released: 02/14/2003. |
Comments
Due: 03/14/2003. Reply Due: 04/02/2003. |
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Pulver.com Petition for Declaratory Ruling Free World Dial Up |
| "(FCC) today ruled that pulver.com's
(pulver) Free World Dialup (FWD) offering will remain a minimally
regulated competitive option for consumers. The Declaratory Ruling
adopted today emphasizes the FCC's long-standing policy of keeping
these consumer Internet services free from burdensome economic
regulation at both the federal and state levels. Pulver's FWD allows
users of broadband Internet access services to make voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) or other types of peer-to-peer communications directly
to other FWD members, without charge. In 2003, pulver filed a petition
for declaratory ruling requesting that the FCC rule FWD to be neither a
"telecommunications service" nor "telecommunications," and therefore
not subject to traditional telephone regulation. Today, the FCC granted
pulver's petition and also declared FWD to be an unregulated
information service that is subject to federal jurisdiction. "
Pulver.com petitioned the FCC for a declaratory ruling that its SIP service Free World Dial up Internet telephony is an unregulated Information Service. Petition for Declaratory Ruling that pulver.com’s Free World Dialup is Neither Telecommunications Nor a Telecommunications Service , WC Docket No. 03-45, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 3307 (2004) This proceeding led to the FCC considering the imposition of CALEA requirements on VoIP and broadband Internet. |
Documents
- Order: FCC Rules That Pulver.com's Free World Dialup Service Should Remain Free From Unnecessary Regulation., FCC 2/20/2004
- FCC Rules That Pulver.com's Free World Dialup Service Should Remain Free From Unnecessary Regulation.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Powell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Abernathy Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat - PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON PULVER.COM PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING. (DA No. 03-439). WCB. Contact: John Stanley (202) 418-1580
News
- FCC: 'Pure' VoIP not a phone service, CNET 2/12/2004
- FCC Says Pure Internet-Phone Service Not Subject to Telecom Regulations, Xchange 2/12/2004
- Pulver Petitions FCC to Rule Internet Telephony Unregulated, Yahoo 2/7/03
- Pulver Petition to FCC on Internet Telephony, Pulver 2/7/03
Select Comments
- In re The Commission's December 1, 2003, Voice Over IP Forum, WC Docket Nos. 03-211, 02-361, and 03-35, Joint Comments Of The United States Department Of Justice, The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, And The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (Dec. 15, 2003)
