[19251] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ameritech must be talking to the PA PUC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric S. Hvozda)
Thu Sep 3 10:52:12 1998
From: "Eric S. Hvozda" <hvozda@ack.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: <19980902200752.01024@shell.nacs.net>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 21:23:10 -0400
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 20:07:52 -0400 "Steven J. Sobol" wrote:
>
> The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio last week ended a long battle between
> Denver-based ICG Communications INC. and Ameritech Corp. over fees charged to
> connect Internet calls. The PUCO ruled in favor of ICG, which contended that
> Ameritech owed it $4 million for connecting Ameritech customers' calls to
> Internet service providers. Ameritech previously refused to pay the charges,
> arguing that Internet calls are long-distance calls, not local calls, and
> thus weren't subject to the mandated connection fees. Ameritech spokesman
> Kim Norris said Ameritech has not decided whether to appeal the ruling.
And they are not the only ones, looks like this is happening in PA too:
http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/tech/docs/076951.htm
