Late last year, VoIP provider Vonage sued the state of Nebraska over the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s attempts to force it to pay into the state’s Universal Service Fund. A federal court has rebuffed the Cornhusker State’s attempts, barring the PSC from collecting USF fees from Vonage and, by extension, any other VoIP provider operating within the state.
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