Category: Updates
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Colorado Governor Vetoes VoIP Deregulation Bill
On June 7th, the Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, Jr. , sent a veto message regarding House Bill 10-1281 which would have permanently exempted Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) providers […] -
FCC Begins Exploring Lifeline for Broadband
On June 8th, the FCC announced that its Wireline Competition Bureau will be hosting a roundtable discussion to enable interested parties to discuss the design of pilot programs that would […] -
Verizon Asks PSC for Permission to Stop Delivering White Pages
The June 2nd New York State Register included a posting from the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) seeking comments on Verizon’s request for a waiver of the requirement […] -
The Topsy Turvy World of Lifeline Enrollment in New York
As PULP has reported on numerous times in recent years, telephone Lifeline enrollment for reduced price telephone Lifeline service in New York State with the landline providers has dropped by […] -
Raiding Niagara
The New York Public Authorities Law Section 1005 generally requires, with some exceptions, that hydro power be used for the benefit of the state’s “rural and domestic customers.” This makes […] -
FCC Finds Wireless Customers Suffer from Bill Shock; Early Termination Fees Are Still an Issue
On May 26, 2010, the FCC released the findings of a survey which indicates that 30 million Americans – or one in six mobile users – have experienced “bill shock,” […] -
HUD Directs Roll-Back of Submetering at Yonkers Riverview II
BackgroundOver the past year we have occasionally discussed some of the efforts of the Related Company, manager of the Yonkers Riverview II apartment complex, to convert to landlord submetering of […] -
Anne Mead, First PSC Chairwoman and Former PULP Board Member, Dies at 86
Anne Mead died last week. She was “a trailblazing Democratic lawyer who served as Suffolk’s first deputy county executive, the county’s first woman judge and later the first woman to […] -
Maine PUC Staff Calls for Regulation of VoIP
In an Examiners’ Report released on May 18th, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (“MPUC”) Staff found that the Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) services provided by Time Warner Cable and […]